. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . Fig. 271. Hirundo Apus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 344. Hirundo Apus. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 582. Swift. Mont. Orn. Diet. Cypselus murarius. Temm. Man. dOrn. L 434. Common Swift. Cypselus murarius. Selb. Illustr. L 127. Cypselus Apus. Common Swift. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 159. BlacMsh-hrown^ slightly glossed with green, the throat greyish-white. Male.—The for
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . Fig. 271. Hirundo Apus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 344. Hirundo Apus. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 582. Swift. Mont. Orn. Diet. Cypselus murarius. Temm. Man. dOrn. L 434. Common Swift. Cypselus murarius. Selb. Illustr. L 127. Cypselus Apus. Common Swift. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 159. BlacMsh-hrown^ slightly glossed with green, the throat greyish-white. Male.—The form of the Swift is admirably adapted to itsmode of life, but not more so than that of any other bird, al-though we are enabled to trace the connection between its formand habits in a comparatively satisfactory manner, both beingso remarkable as to render the task easy. The body is of asomewhat elongated and flattened shape, anteriorly broad, withthe pectoral muscles large ; the neck very short, the headbroad, the wings excessively long and narrow, the tail ratherlong and deeply forked, the feet very short, but strong, the billvery small, the mouth very wide. Both mandibles are deflected, and taper rapidly to a narrow BLACK SWIFT. 015 blunt poin
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