. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. SWALLOWS 91 of the birds that invariably rent a bird house if it is put lip about the garden or orchard. Or better still, if a hole is cut in the side of a wood- shed and a box put on the inside, it is almost sure to be taken by a \'iolet-green Swallow. William L. Finley. The food habits of the \'iolet-green Swallow have no marked peculiarities and are practically identical with those of its eastern relative, the Barn Swallow. Almost all of its food is insects and of these only 3 per cent, can be reckoned as useful. A. BANK SWALLOW Riparia riparia (
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. SWALLOWS 91 of the birds that invariably rent a bird house if it is put lip about the garden or orchard. Or better still, if a hole is cut in the side of a wood- shed and a box put on the inside, it is almost sure to be taken by a \'iolet-green Swallow. William L. Finley. The food habits of the \'iolet-green Swallow have no marked peculiarities and are practically identical with those of its eastern relative, the Barn Swallow. Almost all of its food is insects and of these only 3 per cent, can be reckoned as useful. A. BANK SWALLOW Riparia riparia ( Liiunciis) O. U. Numlicr uif, .Si-f (dlur I'late 88 Other Names.â Sand Swallow : Saml Martin : I'.ank Martin. General Description.â Length, sJi inches. Upper parts, grayish-brown ; under parts, white and grayish- brown, liill, small, moderately depressed; tail, about yi length of wing, forked for about !,', of its length. the side feathers moderately contracted near the tips which are blunt. Color.â Adults: Above, plain grayish-brown; chin, throat, cheek region, and under parts of body, with under tail-coverts, white, interrupted by a broad band of grayish-brown across dust, continued along sides (where fading out on flanks), the center portion of breast usually with concealed spots of grayish-brown; iris, brown. Young: Similar to adults, but feathers of rump, upper tail-coverts, and inner wing quills broadly margined terminally with pale cinnamon-buff, pale wood-brown, or whitish, the wing-coverts more nar- rowly margined with the same; feathers of grayish- brown chest-band usually tipped or margined terminally with paler; chin and upper throat often speckled with grayish-brown, and white of under parts sometimes tinged with pale rusty or cinnamon. Nest and Eggs.â Nest : An excavation, made by the birds, in a sand bank, from a foot and a half to three feet in length, the extremity hollowed out to hold the nesting material of straw, grass, and feathers. E(ii;s : Normally 5
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