S68 S W A L L O W ,
Place and
Manners. Found at Cayenne, but not in plenty j alfo in Guiana, on the
borders of rivers. Skims the furface of the water, like ours in
Europe j and is often feen perched on the floating trees which
chance has thrown into the ftream.
AMBE9R*GRIS SW.
L’Hirondelle de Rivage du Senegal, Brif. orn, ii, p. 508. pl. 4.5, f. 4,
L'Hirondelle ambrée, Bnf. oif. vi. p. 612.
Description. g I Z E of a Wren : length five inches and a half. Bill half
an inch j colour blackilh : the whole plumage is grey
brown, deepeft on the head and quills ; tail very forked ; legs
brown.
Place. Inhabits Senegal. Is faid to fmell very ftrong of ambergris
*.
10.
M4A-SRATNIDN .
Hirundo riparia, Lin.SjJt. i. p. 344. N” 4.— Kram. el. p. 381. N° 4.__
Brun. N° 291---Muller, p. 34. N° 28g. — Fri/eb. t. 18.— Geergi
Reife, N° 175.—Faun, Suec. 273.
L'Hirondelle de Rivage, Brif. orn. ii. p. 506. Ne 12.—Buf. oif. vi. p. 632.
—P/. tnl. 543. f. 2.
Hirundo riparia Aldrov. Raii Syn. p. 71. A. 3.
Sand Martin, or Shore-bird, Will. orn. p. 213. t. 3 9 Albin, ii. pl. 56. b.
—Br. Zool. i. N° 170.—Arft. Zool.
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf,
Description. J ^ E N G T H four inches and three quarters. Bill five lines,
and blackilh : upper parts of the plumage moufe-colour :
throat and under parts white : on the breaft a bar of moufe-
colour : legs blackilh, feathered behind.
This is common about the banks of rivers and fand-pits, where
it digs deep horizontal holes in the Tides ; at the end of which is
the neft, which is compofed only of a few dried fibres, or ftraw,
mixed with feathers. It is faid to lay only once in a year (the
eggs five or fix in number, quite white and tranfparent) and to
produce its young more early than the reft of its tribe *.
Salernt obferves, that the young are very fat, and in flavour
fcarce inferior to the Ortolan.
This fpecies is found throughout Europe. It does not always
take pains to make an hole for a neft; frequently laying in cavities
of quarries, and in hollows of trees, where it is convenient.
It is likewife an inhabitant of North America throughout j making
the neft in the fteep fhores of rivers and lakes, in the fame manner
as in England f .
Hirundo rupeftris, Seep. emu. i. p. 167. N° 253.
g I Z E of the Martin. Bill black : upper parts of the plumage
moufe-colour j quills and tail darkeftj beneath whitilh:
the tail nearly even at the end, or at leaft very little forked; on
each feather a white fpot on the inner web: legs naked, and
black.
Inhabits Carniola. Makes its neft of clay, in the hollows of
rocks.
* Fri/cb.— l{ Co, one would fuppofe the probability of having two broods in a
year, at lead.
■ f Ka/m.—Called in America, Ground Svia/lew.
Place and
Manners.
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Place and
Manners.