. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . illustrated than when four or five sorts are seen lined uptogether on a telegraph Taken in Delaware County. Photo by the Author. A BARN SWALLOWS NEST. 278 THE TREE SWALLOW. No. 122. TREE SWALLOW. A. O. U. No. 614. Iridoprocne bicolor (Vieill.).Synonym.—Whitb-belued Swallow. Description.—Adult male : Above, lustrous steel-blue or steel-green; below,pure white; lores black; wings and tail black, showing some bluish or greenishluster; tail sHghtly forked. Female: Similar to m
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . illustrated than when four or five sorts are seen lined uptogether on a telegraph Taken in Delaware County. Photo by the Author. A BARN SWALLOWS NEST. 278 THE TREE SWALLOW. No. 122. TREE SWALLOW. A. O. U. No. 614. Iridoprocne bicolor (Vieill.).Synonym.—Whitb-belued Swallow. Description.—Adult male : Above, lustrous steel-blue or steel-green; below,pure white; lores black; wings and tail black, showing some bluish or greenishluster; tail sHghtly forked. Female: Similar to male, but duller. Immature:Upper parts mouse-gray instead of metalHc; below whitish. Length about () ; wing () ; tail () ; bill from nostril .25 (). Recognition Marks.—Aerial habits; steel-blue or greenish above; pure whitebelow. Nest, in holes in trees or, rarely, in bird houses, plentifully lined with softmaterials, especially feathers. Eggs, 4-6, pure white,—pinkish white before re-moval of contents. Av. size, .75 x .54 ( x ). General Range.—North America at large, breeding from the Fur Countriessouth to New Jersey, the Ohio Valley, Kansas, Colora
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