BIRDS. PASSERES. 89. Hirundo. 627 
Riackifli-blue ; longitudinal fpot on the middle of the wings 
half yellow and rufous. Amorous T. 
Inhabits Northern AJia: inches long ; is remarkable for the 
great affeefion each fex Ihews to the other. 
Bill black at liie bafe and tipt with orange, 
Cinereous; bread, fpot on the wings, rump and lateral 
tail-feathers on the hind-part fcarlet. Scarlet T". 
Bill and le^s black ; vent yallowidi. 
Above cinereous, beneath ferruginous ; chin and throat 
dirty-white ; limbs blacjc-brown- Indian T. 
Inhabits IndijS. 
89. HIRUNDO. Bill fmall, weak, curved, 
Tubulate, depreffed at the bafe: gape 
larger than the head ; tongue fliiort, 
broad, cleft : wings long : tail woiily 
forked. Swallow. 
• Thefe birds chiefly frequent raoift and watery places, and fkim 
about near the furface in fcarch of infefls, which they catch 
on the wing with great dexterity by means of the enormous 
' -gape of their jaws, 
A. Toes 3 before and i behind. 
Front and chin chefnut ; tail-feathers, except the 2 middle-, 
ones, with a white fpot. Common S. 
2* Body entirely white. 
Inhabits almod every where ; frequents houfes, aud ufually 
builds under the roof or in the chimney ; leaves England in 
September, and previous to its departure affembles in vaft 
flocks on the tops of houfes, churches and even trees; lays 
4 — 6 white eggs fpeckled with red ; is faid to pre&gc ftor.my 
weather if it flies low ; 6 inches long. 
Bill black ; body above blackilh-blue, beneath whitifit ; tail 
, very much forked ; kgs fliort, blackilh. 
Slackifli-brown with a blue glofs above; front and neeje 
beneath purple-tawny ; belly and vent footy ; hill 
and legs black, Otahette Sw. 
Inhabits Otaheitc : 5 inches long, Irids brown, 
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