. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. N, m 52 EAVE SWALLOW Eave Swallow; Cliff Swallow: /'etwchelidon lunifrons. Foieheml whitish i eiowii stccMihif ; throat brown ; stfel-ljhu- patch on brown breast ; tail ahnost .aqnaiv, with a /////// njjut on rump. LoKjth, about (! inches. GKOiiUAi-iiic DjsTKim TiON. — Nortli America, north to tlie limit of trees; breeds throughout its range in tlie United States and Canada, excejjt tlic south Athmtie and (Jalf states; winters fnmi Central to South America. If the nnuibt'r ami variety of seem confus
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. N, m 52 EAVE SWALLOW Eave Swallow; Cliff Swallow: /'etwchelidon lunifrons. Foieheml whitish i eiowii stccMihif ; throat brown ; stfel-ljhu- patch on brown breast ; tail ahnost .aqnaiv, with a /////// njjut on rump. LoKjth, about (! inches. GKOiiUAi-iiic DjsTKim TiON. — Nortli America, north to tlie limit of trees; breeds throughout its range in tlie United States and Canada, excejjt tlic south Athmtie and (Jalf states; winters fnmi Central to South America. If the nnuibt'r ami variety of seem confusing-, go to an old barn around which the birds an? flying, and ex- amine their adobe domi- ciles. Under the eaves you will find a row of <iueer gourd-shajied mud nests, hanging mouth down ; and as you wateh you may see one of the house-owners disai)i)ear in a nest, disclosing as he does so the light rum]) which distinguishes the Eave from all other Swal- lows. The nest is interesting in itself, for it is made of pellets of mud, rolled till they are almost round; but the most thing about it is the way its retort form is changed by the intelli- gent builders according to the slant of the rafter against which it is supj)orted, the weight of the bulge being adjusted with marvelous Fia. 22. Eave 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 Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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