. The natural history of Selborne [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. *Swa{Cow â i ! ;i LETTER EAR To the same. Selborne, Jan. 29//', 1774. SIR,âThe house-swallow, or chimney- swallow, is undoubtedly the first comer of all the British hirundines ; and appears in general on or about the thirteenth of April, as I have remarked from many years' observation.' Not but now and then a straggler is seen much earlier ; and, in particular, when I was a boy I observed a swallow for a whole day together on a sunny warm Shrove Tuesday ; which ' Later observers arc almost unanimous in
. The natural history of Selborne [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. *Swa{Cow â i ! ;i LETTER EAR To the same. Selborne, Jan. 29//', 1774. SIR,âThe house-swallow, or chimney- swallow, is undoubtedly the first comer of all the British hirundines ; and appears in general on or about the thirteenth of April, as I have remarked from many years' observation.' Not but now and then a straggler is seen much earlier ; and, in particular, when I was a boy I observed a swallow for a whole day together on a sunny warm Shrove Tuesday ; which ' Later observers arc almost unanimous in noting that the sand-martin precedes the chimney-swallow by from seven to eleven days. This is also my own experience. On Hind Head, sand-martins flit round the houses, catching flies, till the house-martins return to their rests ; but after the house-martins have arrived, the sand-martins abandon the neighbourhood of" the houses, and hawk only on the open moors.âEd. h\ !. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, Gilbert, 1720-1793; Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London; New York : J. Lane
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