. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. TREE SWALLOW 143 tion (see p. 141). Young White-bellied Swallows have brown upper parts, and in their first plumage a wash of brown on the sides of the breast, but no decided hand entirely across the breast, as in the Bank Swallow. Tkee Swallow; White-bellied Swallow. Iridoprocne bicolor Ad. $. — Upper parts greenish-blue, especially bright in strong light ; under
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. TREE SWALLOW 143 tion (see p. 141). Young White-bellied Swallows have brown upper parts, and in their first plumage a wash of brown on the sides of the breast, but no decided hand entirely across the breast, as in the Bank Swallow. Tkee Swallow; White-bellied Swallow. Iridoprocne bicolor Ad. $. — Upper parts greenish-blue, especially bright in strong light ; under parts pure white; tail notched, but not deeply. Ad. 9. — Upper parts usually duller. Im. — Upper parts brown ; a faint incomplete dusky collar across the breast. Nest, in a hole in a tree, or in a box. Eggs, white. The White-bellied Swallow is a summer resident through- out New England and the Hudson Valley, but it is only locally common. Many of the boxes formerly tenanted by Swal- lows are now occupied by English Sparrows. In pure farming coun- try, as along the Concord River, the White-bellied Swallow is still a characteristic feature of the farm. In wilder country, in northern New England, and occasionally throughout its range, it nests in ^'°- ^^- '^"^ ^^^^""^ deserted woodpecker holes in trees. About the first of April the earliest arrivals appear along the sea-shore, or over some lake or river, and in a week or two their shrill notes are heard about the farmhouses where they breed. As early as July migrants begin to return from the north, and multitudes now collect over the marshes and along the beaches at the sea-shore, fringing the telegraph wires for rods, hovering in clouds over the bayberry bushes, the fruit of which they eat, or sunning themselves on the A few stay into October,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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