. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ( } I "f %, I i«' j!.;if 142 THE RUFOUS-BELLIED SWALLOW. ciiii Imnlly fly from one end of (ho boat to tlu; otlier. Tlicy liavo boon ovon scon to settle uiKin tlio .suil'iico of tlio wavus, and to lio with outspreadVinj^'s until thoy wero able to rosunio tboir journey. Ouidt'd by sonio wonib'ous instinc^t, tlio Swallow always finds its way back to the nest which it had made, or in wliidi it had been reared, has fi'e(|ueutly been proved by ulIixinLf certain to individual birds, an
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. ( } I "f %, I i«' j!.;if 142 THE RUFOUS-BELLIED SWALLOW. ciiii Imnlly fly from one end of (ho boat to tlu; otlier. Tlicy liavo boon ovon scon to settle uiKin tlio .suil'iico of tlio wavus, and to lio with outspreadVinj^'s until thoy wero able to rosunio tboir journey. Ouidt'd by sonio wonib'ous instinc^t, tlio Swallow always finds its way back to the nest which it had made, or in wliidi it had been reared, has fi'e(|ueutly been proved by ulIixinLf certain to individual birds, and watching i'or their return. Sometimes it ]ia])])ens that tlu; house on which they had built has been taken down diirii'^rtlu^ir absence, and in that case the distress of the jjoor birds is ([uite y)itial)le 'Ibey lly to ami fro over the s])ot in vain search after their lost homes, and fill the air with the mournful cries that tell of their sorrows. The, Swallow is widely sproiul over various parts of the world, beinjr fannliarly known throui^hout the whole of Kumiie, not exceptinj^- Norway, Sweden, and the northern portions of the continent. It is also seen in W"stt!rn Africa, and JNIr. Yarrell an instance when! it was obsiu'ved in the island of St. Thomiis, which is situated upon the ecjuator, The martin and the .swift wer(! seen at the same places The colour of the Swallow is very beautiful. Uj)oii the forehead the feathers are of a lif^ht chesnut, which t^ivcs ]ilace to dee]i glossy steel-blue u])on the upper portions of the body ami wings. Tiie ])rimarics and secondaries are black, as are the tail feathers, with the e.\;ee])tion of a few white jiatches. The throat is chesimt, ami a very dark-blue band crosses the up])er part of the chest. Tin; under ])arts are white, and the beak, , and toes l)lack. The f'ema](! is distinguished by the smaller chesnut patch on the forehead, the smaller tint of the feiithers, and the narrowness of the dark band across
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