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March 28th, which was of course exceptionally early ; and 
The names window- or House-Martin are obviously apphed 
because of the nesting-habits of the bird, as compared 
tne next species. 
Professor Newton points out : " The forms Martyn, Mertyn 
Palia J r P™*^** '° Scottish Acts of 
rSd but 'of . .7 '^'^^^ t° -ean 
a bird, but of what kmd it is hard to guess "* 
Natal."P' " """'^ '"'"'^ 
THE SAND-MARTIN. Cotile riparia (Linn^us). 
Local names-BANK-SwALLow; Rivek-Swallow • Watee- 
Swallow ; Beown Maetin. ' ^^^^^^ 
Wen drilled by Martins thl't^X-r fS^rnt 
The low-banked straggling nnromantie stream 
Where only a few stunted osiers grow." 
Db. James Milugan.—" Wimpleburn." 
A common summer-visitant to aU suitable localities. 
xVorth T'En^r f f'^^^T S^^^^'^d and the 
^orth of England have always noted the H. riparia or 
Bank-SwaUow, to be the fii.t in arriving."i In Ty^i it 
River 1 % '''' P^"^^ °f Kifkmichael « The 
River-Swallow appears in the middle or end of March 
and departs about the first of September."? NowaZs' 
' Diet. Bird,, 1893-1896, p. 536, footnote 1. 
t Lloyd's Nat. Hist., Vol. I., p. 328. 
t White's Selborne, 1851, p. 406. 
§ Stat. Acct. Scot., Vol. I., p. 61. 
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