Observations of the Naturalhistory of the Swallowtribe With Collateral Stateme
Observations of the Naturalhistory of the Swallowtribe With Collateral Stateme
Thomas Forster
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was our swift, Jiirundo apus. I do not know however, that in any part of Greece this bird remains all the year. The account, however, seems to cor- respond with that of Prosper Alpinus above cited. f Maria transuolat (hirundo) ibique hyeme commoratur. Isidorus. 44 hollow trunks of trees in winter*'; and it is remarkable there are three islands over against Mount Taurus, called by the ancients p^AiM/iai, and a promontory called p^xJoHoi/; because swal- lows were supposed to hide themselves there... in winter f. The west wind likewise, from blowing in the spring, about the time of the swallow's arrival, was denominated Chelidonian J. I now come to the opinion of more modern writers on this subject, who seem to have been as undetermined with respect to the winter retreat of the swallow, as the ancients. * Vel qualis gelidis plumd labente pruinis Arboris inmoritur trunco brumalis hirundo. Claud, in Eutrop. There is a curious Latin hexameter poem, published many years ago in Holland, on the occasion of a swallow being found in a hollow tree ; a copy of which is in the library of Sir Joseph Banks.
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