. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. 68 Order I lays four or five pure white eggs; the Sand-martin makes a grass or straw nest thickly lined with feathers at the end of a tunnel, which it bores in a bank or even a big heap of sawdust, and also lays white eggs. Sometimes it uses a hole in a wall. AU these species are migrants, and are with us from about the end of March to November at the latest,. Sand-martins' burrovrs but the Sand-martin is generally observed first and departs a httle earher; moreover, it breeds in the Nearctic region, in north-west India, and on th
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. 68 Order I lays four or five pure white eggs; the Sand-martin makes a grass or straw nest thickly lined with feathers at the end of a tunnel, which it bores in a bank or even a big heap of sawdust, and also lays white eggs. Sometimes it uses a hole in a wall. AU these species are migrants, and are with us from about the end of March to November at the latest,. Sand-martins' burrovrs but the Sand-martin is generally observed first and departs a httle earher; moreover, it breeds in the Nearctic region, in north-west India, and on the Nile, as well as in the Palsearctic region, while the other two species are confined to the latter. So too it is found in the Neotropical region as well as in the south of the Old World in winter, while the typical forms of the Swallow and the House-martin do not migrate to. 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 Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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