OF BIRDS-. n i 
The WHITE BELLIED SWIFT. 
The plumage is bulky; the throat and ftomach white; 
the four toes placed forwards, and it has ten feathers in the 
tail. 
It inhabits the mountainous parts of Spain, 
Switzerland* and Savoy, building in holes of rock*. 
It appears m Savoy the beginning of April, fre¬ 
quenting ponds and marfhes at firft, for 15 or 20 
days; after which it retires to the mountainous 
parts to breed. 
The WHITE COLLARED SWALLOW 
Makes its neft in houfes at Cayenne. 
The neft is large, compofed of the down of 
dog’s bane, well woven ; the cavity is divided' 
obliquely by a partition, and a fmb.ll parcel of 
foft down is placed over the top, to keep the eggs 
and the young brood warm. 
GENUS 80. CAPRI M ULGU S. 
The heak a little hooked, very fmall, deprelfed at the 
bafe ; and befet with ftiff bridles on the edges of the upper 
mandibles. 
The gape is very wide. 
The tongue is pointed, and entire at the end. 
The tail confifts of ten feathers, and is not. forked. 
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