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COMMON MARTIN. 

 (Mirundo urbica.) 



Hi. ?iigrO'Ccerulescens subtus uropygioque albisy rectricibus imma- 

 culatis. 



Black-blue Swallow, beneath and rump white, with the tail-fea- 

 thers immaculate. 



Hirundo urbica. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 344. 3. — Lin. Faun. Suec. 

 271. l,~—Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. lOiy.— Lath. Ltd. Orn. 2.573. 3. 

 — 'Turt. Brit. Faun. 1. 48. 133. 



Hirundo rustica, sive agrestis. Briss. Orn. 2. 400. 2. 



Hirondelle a cul blanc. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 6l4. t. 25./. 2. 



Le petit Martinet. Buf. PL Enl. 542./. 2. 



Martin, Martinet, Martlet, or Window Swallow. Pen. Brit, 

 Zool. 1. 169.— Pew. Arct. Zool. 2. 3Sl. —Albin. Birds. 2. 56. 

 A. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 564. 3. — Lath. Syn. Sup. IQ2. — Bew, 

 Brit, Birds, 1. 255. — Mont. Brit, Birds, 2. — Mo7it, Sup, — 

 Letvin, Brit, Birds, 3. 124. 



This well-known species of Swallow is about 

 five inches and a half in length : its beak is black : 

 irides hazel : upper parts of the body and tail of a 

 glossy blue black : rump and all the under parts 

 of the body white : secondaries with a narrow 

 white fringe : tail slightly forked : legs covered 

 with white downy feathers as far as the claws, 

 which are also white. 



Dr. Latham mentions having seen a variety of 

 this bird which differed in being dusky where the 

 above is black, and in having the quills, tail, and 

 upper coverts of the latter, tipped with white ; 

 but it most probably belongs to another species. 



