. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . il, but five Inches long; its Bill is fmall, fharp, flat,black, as in : of this Kind ; from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth halfan Inch long; its Tongue cloven; its Eyes great; its Feet dusky; at the Rife of theback Toe, a few fmall Feathers grow, eUe the Legs are bare as far as the Knees. Its Head, Neck, and Back are of a dark dun or moufe Colour ; the Number of theFeathers in the Wings and Tail are the fame as in other Swallows-, but the quillFeathers of the Wings
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . il, but five Inches long; its Bill is fmall, fharp, flat,black, as in : of this Kind ; from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth halfan Inch long; its Tongue cloven; its Eyes great; its Feet dusky; at the Rife of theback Toe, a few fmall Feathers grow, eUe the Legs are bare as far as the Knees. Its Head, Neck, and Back are of a dark dun or moufe Colour ; the Number of theFeathers in the Wings and Tail are the fame as in other Swallows-, but the quillFeathers of the Wings are darker than thofe of the Coverts, and Back ; from thetenth to the laft of all of equal Length; the fix next to the tenth, have their Tipsbroad and indented ; the middle Feathers of the Tail are an Inch and three quarterslong, the outmoft an Inch and half. It builds in Holes of river Banks and fand Pits;makes its Ncft of Straws, and Bent of Grafs, &c. within of Feathers, on which itlays its Eggs: it differs from the common Martin in having no white on its Rump,nor its Feet feathered as that hath. The ^0.
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