. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. THE SWALLOWS 191 The Barn Swallow Length six to seven inches. Upper parts shining steel-blue, but the face buff. Under parts rich buff, brick-red on the throat, where there is also a steel-blue collar. Tail very long and deeply forked, with the side-feathers narrow, and some white spots on them. Song a musical laugh, heard when the birds fly low over meadows and ponds. Nest a sort of bracket, made of little mud balls and straw stuck on a beam in a hayloft. Eggs white, with plenty of reddish-brown spots. A Summer Citiz
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. THE SWALLOWS 191 The Barn Swallow Length six to seven inches. Upper parts shining steel-blue, but the face buff. Under parts rich buff, brick-red on the throat, where there is also a steel-blue collar. Tail very long and deeply forked, with the side-feathers narrow, and some white spots on them. Song a musical laugh, heard when the birds fly low over meadows and ponds. Nest a sort of bracket, made of little mud balls and straw stuck on a beam in a hayloft. Eggs white, with plenty of reddish-brown spots. A Summer Citizen in most of the United States. A Sky Sweeper of the very first Barn Swallow " Barney is a charming neighbor, who should be wel- come in every home — sociable, musical, and very use- ful in destroying the flies and gnats that worry horses and cattle. Though it builds its first nest in May, it often brings out its last brood in August; thus dur- ing its long nesting season consuming a very large share of insects, and proving itself a kind friend to the cows at a time when flies are most ;. 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 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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