. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. BARN SWALLOW. CHELroON ERYTHROGASTER. Char. Upper parts steel blue; breast rich chestnut; belly paler; tail deeply forked, — outer feathers several inches longer than the inner. Length ^yi to y^i inches. JVesi. Attached to a rafter of a barn or the side of a cave; cup shaped; made of pellets of mud bound with grass, and lined with grass and feathers. Eggs. 3-5; white, variously marked with dark brown, reddish brown, or purplish brown and lilac; X The Bam Swallows arrive
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. BARN SWALLOW. CHELroON ERYTHROGASTER. Char. Upper parts steel blue; breast rich chestnut; belly paler; tail deeply forked, — outer feathers several inches longer than the inner. Length ^yi to y^i inches. JVesi. Attached to a rafter of a barn or the side of a cave; cup shaped; made of pellets of mud bound with grass, and lined with grass and feathers. Eggs. 3-5; white, variously marked with dark brown, reddish brown, or purplish brown and lilac; X The Bam Swallows arrive in Florida and the maritime parts of Georgia about the middle of March, but are not seen in the Middle States before the last of that month or the beginning. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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