. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 4* Rural School Leaflet iroo Chimney swift, "Chimney ;—Size: About the size of an English sparrow. General color: Grayish black or fuscous above and below. Distinctive features: This bird is seldom seen except when flying, when it appears very much like a swallow but with narrower wings. It can be distinguished from all the swallow
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 4* Rural School Leaflet iroo Chimney swift, "Chimney ;—Size: About the size of an English sparrow. General color: Grayish black or fuscous above and below. Distinctive features: This bird is seldom seen except when flying, when it appears very much like a swallow but with narrower wings. It can be distinguished from all the swallows by its uniform sooty coloration and its apparently pointed tail. It nests in Chimney swift A dainty, delicate swallow feather Is all that we now in the chimney trace Of something that days and days together, With twittering bird notes filled the place. Where are you flying now, swallow, swallow? Where are you walking the spaces blue? How many little ones follow, follow, Whose wings to strength in the chimney grew? 80 MARY BARBER DODGE. 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 New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?]
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