. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE CLIFF SWALLOW 297 \J^ The Eave, or Cliff Swallow^ is still more sociable than the purple martin, and also more enterprising. With com- plete confidence in man's good will toward the bird world, it chooses a barn that is big and high, and prosperous-looking, and calls it home. From the edge of the nearest pond it brings pellets of mud, and sticks a lot of them in a sohd circle, against the outside wall of the barn, and close up under the eaves. Upon this, working most in
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. THE CLIFF SWALLOW 297 \J^ The Eave, or Cliff Swallow^ is still more sociable than the purple martin, and also more enterprising. With com- plete confidence in man's good will toward the bird world, it chooses a barn that is big and high, and prosperous-looking, and calls it home. From the edge of the nearest pond it brings pellets of mud, and sticks a lot of them in a sohd circle, against the outside wall of the barn, and close up under the eaves. Upon this, working most industriously to finish before previous layers have had time to dry, the cup- shaped nest is built out, pellet by pellet. At the last, the cup is narrowed down to a tube barely large enough to admit the bird, and the opening thrusts out into the air, usually tilted slightly upward. All the members of a flock of Swallows build close together, nest joined to nest very frequently, and thus depends a most interesting Swallow town, usually called a "; Surely, any one who is not pleased and cheered by their sweet chattering and chirping under the eaves is "fit for treason, stratagems and ; Their flight is poetry expressed in motion. In catching the insects which consti- tute their food, they love to skim close to the surfaces of ponds and streams. ' Pet-ro-chel'i-don lu'ni-frons. Length, BARN SWALLOW. Hi-run'do e-ryth' 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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