. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE MARTIN. {Hirundo urbica.) \ LTHOUGH arriving in this country some- "*⢠*â what later than the Swallow, the Martin may be said to have nearly the same geographical range. Mr. Yarrell thought that the Swallow did not go so far north as the Martin/ but both are found in summer in Iceland and the Faroe Isles. Mr. Dann remarked that there was no want of food for them in Norway and Lapland, as the morasses in the sheltered valleys swarm with insects. During the season that if is ab
. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE MARTIN. {Hirundo urbica.) \ LTHOUGH arriving in this country some- "*⢠*â what later than the Swallow, the Martin may be said to have nearly the same geographical range. Mr. Yarrell thought that the Swallow did not go so far north as the Martin/ but both are found in summer in Iceland and the Faroe Isles. Mr. Dann remarked that there was no want of food for them in Norway and Lapland, as the morasses in the sheltered valleys swarm with insects. During the season that if is absent from England it resides in North Africa, Egypt, ^ " History of British Birds," vol. ii. p. 251 (3rd ed.). 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 Harting, James Edmund 1841-; Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. London, S. Sonnenschein & co.
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