. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . t. Chmtura pelagica. Range.—North America east of the Plains,breeding from central Canada, south to the Gulfcoast, and wintering south of our horders. This well known species is sooty brownishblack, inches long, and has the tail feathersterminating in sharp spines. They are veryabundant in all portions of their range, andmay be seen on the wing at all hours of theday, but especially abundant in the early morn-ing and toward dusk. They form
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . t. Chmtura pelagica. Range.—North America east of the Plains,breeding from central Canada, south to the Gulfcoast, and wintering south of our horders. This well known species is sooty brownishblack, inches long, and has the tail feathersterminating in sharp spines. They are veryabundant in all portions of their range, andmay be seen on the wing at all hours of theday, but especially abundant in the early morn-ing and toward dusk. They formerly dweltand bred only in hollow trees, and a great manystill continue to do so, as large hollow stumpsare known where hundreds nest every majority of the eastern Chimney Swiftsnow nest in old chimneys that are unused, atleast during the summer; some small chimneyscontain but a single pair while other large onesmay have from fifty to a hundred or more nestsglued to the sides. The birds are on the wingduring the greater part of the day, generallynot frequenting the vicinity of their nestingsite, but returning toward dusk, when they may. Chimney Swift i , *. Y-; If- •J-,, -i - /.■■> • » ]^\ . 4 A J ^^M ^^^Kmm J /• 4 -> ;■ • .;J:Ag|^» ■ ■ yi .■f ^■ E. II, ForreatNEST AND KGGS OF CHIMNKY SWIFT 269
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