. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 90 BIRDS OF AMERICA ear region, entire under parts, and conspicuous patch on each side of rump pure white; under wing-coverts pale gray, becoming white on edge of wing; iris, brown. Adult Female: Afuch duller in color than the male; crown and hindneck, varying from grayish-brown, very faintly glossed with bronze or bronzy-green, to decided greenish or purplish-bronze; ear region otherwise, similar to the adult male. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : In knot holes, deserted Woodpecker holes, hollow trees, or beneath house eaves; constructed of dried grass, line
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 90 BIRDS OF AMERICA ear region, entire under parts, and conspicuous patch on each side of rump pure white; under wing-coverts pale gray, becoming white on edge of wing; iris, brown. Adult Female: Afuch duller in color than the male; crown and hindneck, varying from grayish-brown, very faintly glossed with bronze or bronzy-green, to decided greenish or purplish-bronze; ear region otherwise, similar to the adult male. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : In knot holes, deserted Woodpecker holes, hollow trees, or beneath house eaves; constructed of dried grass, lined with feathers. Eggs : 4 or 5. pure white. Distribution.— Western North America: north to Alaska, east to Montana, Wyoming. Colorado, New , and western Texas — occasionally to South Dakota; breeding southward to southern California, .Arizona, and New Mexico; in winter south to high- lands of Guatemala and Costa Rica. In Oregon, by the first week in March the first Violet-green, or White-breasted, Swallows have returned to their siirnmer homes. For several years, I have watched the Violet-green Swal- lows return to my bird houses. There is no doubt in my mind that the same birds return to the same places year after year. I have known this on account of peculiarities of birds, their methods of building and the places they have built. What a sense of location the Swallow has; for his journey from the south leads him through trackless paths of the unmeasured regions of the skies, yet he has some compass and sign posts that seem to guide him. T have often wondered how, from his lofty course, he knows just when he gets back to his old home. I have often. wondered where he spends the night. If it rains, he will disappear for a week as suddenly as he caiue. But the minute another bright day dawns, I know he will be down around my orchard and he will remain till the summer is past. No wonder people used to think the Swal- lows dived into the mud to spend the winter; they a
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