. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . g that time they are to be seen in great quantities flying around andover the houses in Boston in quest of insects. My friend Dr. Bachman says, On the afternoon of the 16th of October,1833, in company with Dr. Wilson and Mr. John Woodhouse Audubon,I saw such an immense quantity of this species of birds that the air waspositively darkened. As far as the eye could reach, there were Swallowscrowded thickly together, and winging their way southward; there musthave been many millions! Green-blue or White-bellie
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . g that time they are to be seen in great quantities flying around andover the houses in Boston in quest of insects. My friend Dr. Bachman says, On the afternoon of the 16th of October,1833, in company with Dr. Wilson and Mr. John Woodhouse Audubon,I saw such an immense quantity of this species of birds that the air waspositively darkened. As far as the eye could reach, there were Swallowscrowded thickly together, and winging their way southward; there musthave been many millions! Green-blue or White-bellied Swallow, Hirundo viridis, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iii. p. 44. Hirundo bicolor, Bonap. Syn., p. G5. White-bellied Swallow, Hirundo bicolor, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 605. White-bellied Swallow, Hirundo bicolor, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 491; vol. v. p. 417. Wings a little longer than the tail, which is deeply emarginate. Upperparts steel-blue, with green reflections, lower white; feet flesh similar to the male. Male, 5^ inches long, 10 in extent of wings. N?10. PI. m-f /? n/J/y--/-&luca- r_^//Ma//c ai/a I/rawn fir,m Halure by .1 ,.J LiihV1ihUed .\ Qi? bv J N°10. PL 47
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