"'liioli I have lately met with, 
duras hv n ®/ tl>-e British Settlement of Hon- 
IndiaL“^,j‘^PJ‘'"" Henderson, of the 5th West 
*** treaHiin.'^'r’J?** ’ London in 1809, the writer, 
’'slates ?■ 1 ^ ’*'■'* ’'atural history which 
" Myriads ^ r **' ’'*’® following' particulars: — 
lohahitantc ^."^Mloo's,” says he, “ are also the occasional 
is genernli ^ Honduras. The time of tlieir residence 
baun swallow. 
47 
*ervin.r /■ “ ?omotlnug rcmarUably (nirions 
'’“oil as til ” 1 f’*’ ascent of these birds. As 
"•liich is „ , n “ ?P 1 ’‘'“*'* <i'"t fl"*''- place of rest, 
^ayannah '***'’ /^ chosen amid the rushes of some watery 
‘?"V"ya’'>al>ly i-iso to a certain height, in a 
“cciions “ distance often 
^ttioke T P*”' ioimouse column of 
^^Persp • attained, they are then seen separately to 
"Po thos '“.'^^'’'■oh of food, the occupation of their day. 
I ”'ay liavo had the opportunity of obser- 
®yohitif,,f l‘'”0'nenon ot a water-spout, the similarity of 
^“'•Prisi. of these birds, ■a ill be thought 
*®Les nul./ ^tyiLiug. The descent, which regularly 
"“y. but i*-.*!* .'** conducted much in the same 
^'bch a incnnceivable r.ipidity. And the uoise 
lalliuo. of only be compared to the 
of wind”™^”?* forrent, or the rushing of a violent 
ycrful that ti foooc'l. to an observer, it seems won- 
bei„„ these birds are not destroyed, 
lo?cc ” * P‘'“P''‘^®*^ to the earth with such irresis- 
history of* he wished that the natural 
obsohitelir***** regions were more precisely known, 
standiuo- of tli'"*f**^’**^ as it is to the perfect under- 
• The barn * ,tP‘'‘''.‘““'‘t of our own ! 
’’’ches in * .T is seven inches long, and thirteen 
“««k, back ^rllmn*^ ’’ "PP®’’ 1’“'* *''« head, 
* P) au(l taxl-ooverts, steel blue, wliieh 
Hendekson’s Hondurasj p. 119, 
