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and compared the upper one with that spoken of above, and 
with Dr. Latham’s description, we found them to accord 
well together; see Latham, or Montagu’s Dictionary, v. 1. 
The females differ a little from the males in not having 
the two long feathers in the tail, and also somewhat in 
colour. 
These birds are said to inhabit the South of France, Italy, 
the islands of the Mediterranean, Sweden, Germany, and 
the southern parts of Russia, particularly about the rivers 
Don and Wolga, in the banks of w'hich they build. They 
are said to be gregarious in their breeding season as well as 
in their migrations. Their nests are excavated about six 
inches deep, and ten of them placed near together, so as 
to appear like a honeycomb. 
