. The swallow book; the story of the swallow told in legends, fables, folk songs, proverbs, omens and riddles of many lands . THE SWALLOW 13 become exhausted and perish in the sea, orelse fall to the deck of some passing vessel,where they arouse the tender pity of those. on board. Only the youngest and the strong-est succeed in reaching the goal of the oldfamiliar nesting places. The returning swallows often find that thewinters storms have wrought havoc in theirhomes; but if any of their nests have beeninjured or destroyed they are quick to re-pair or to build anew. Then, after thewearisome j
. The swallow book; the story of the swallow told in legends, fables, folk songs, proverbs, omens and riddles of many lands . THE SWALLOW 13 become exhausted and perish in the sea, orelse fall to the deck of some passing vessel,where they arouse the tender pity of those. on board. Only the youngest and the strong-est succeed in reaching the goal of the oldfamiliar nesting places. The returning swallows often find that thewinters storms have wrought havoc in theirhomes; but if any of their nests have beeninjured or destroyed they are quick to re-pair or to build anew. Then, after thewearisome journey and the home building,follow the courtships of the birds and thesweet idylls of the baby brood. And soonthe warm air of spring is perfumed with 14 THE SWALLOW flowers, alive with the busy little pilgrims,gladdened with their meri-y chatter and theirfleeting song. The nests which these swallows build arecurious works of art. The outside theymake of mud, which they fetch from somepond or river bank, and with the mud theymix hairs and bits of straw to hold it to-gether. The inside they line with soft leavesand feathers. There are two settings of eggseach year, the first of five or six eggs, thesecond of three. The eggs are white,speckled with dull red spots.
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