. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. 118 INSE8S0EE8. tLey are associated with his earliest recollections; he may forget the dull pages that months of painful study have scarcely fixed upon his memory; but the appearance of the Barn Swallow, his easy, skimming, graceful flight, as he darts over the meadow, the lake, or the stream, his sprightly twittering note, and his nest under the barn roof, are things which he cannot forget. The Barn and Chimney Swallows are by some ignorant persons thought to be the same bird; but a wide difi"erence exi
. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. 118 INSE8S0EE8. tLey are associated with his earliest recollections; he may forget the dull pages that months of painful study have scarcely fixed upon his memory; but the appearance of the Barn Swallow, his easy, skimming, graceful flight, as he darts over the meadow, the lake, or the stream, his sprightly twittering note, and his nest under the barn roof, are things which he cannot forget. The Barn and Chimney Swallows are by some ignorant persons thought to be the same bird; but a wide difi"erence exists between them, both as to their appear- ance and habits. The plumage of the for- mer is beautifully va- ried with a brilliant and glossy blue-black on the upper parts, and a rich fawn oi drab color below; the tail being deeply Barn Swallow. forked, with the tWO outer feathers nearly double the length of the others ; while the latter is wholly of a plain mouse or slate color, with the tail nearly even, and each feather ending in a sharp point.* * The differences between the Chimney nnd Barn Swal- .ows are po^eater and more important than our author him- self appears to have been aware of. The Chimney Bird is a Swift, and belongs to a family of Syndactyli near the. 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 Baily, William L; Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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