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The Swallow, he conceives, chufes this, ih 
| ti refpects i inconvenient fituation, to fecure the 
brood from rapacious birds, particularly owls,. 
which frequently fall down chimnies, Se ee sh in 
_ attempting to get at the neftlings. 
When the young Swallows can fly, but. are Rill: 
‘incapable of providing themfelves with food,. they 
" play about whilft their parents are chacing flies,. 
who, when they have collected a fufficient quan- 
tity, make a fignal, on which, the parent and the 
young, rifing towards each other, meet at an 
. angle, and the young one receives the food, utter- 
ing a little note,. expreffive of gratitude, and af- 
 fetion. They fip water as they fly, and bathe 
: upon the. wing, 
They attend horfemen for miles togethier, as” 
they ride over the downs, fporting before, behind,. 
and wheeling round, and collecting the infeAs. 
_ which are difturbed by the trampling of the horfes.. 
They. feed much on {mall coleopterous, or 
fheath winged infects, and fettle on the ground, 
‘picking. up gravel to digeft their food. 
_ The Swallow is a pleafing fongfter, and fings 
in foft,. funny weather, between April and. Sep- ° 
tember. A Swallow for two years together built: 
its neft on the handles of a pair of garden fhears. | 
Another built its nef on the Wings and body. 
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