. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. ? ^ I 118 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. jl. M'' 7w: i -: I ' like that of distant tliuudor. The flight of these birds is very rapid, surpassing, I think, that of any o
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. ? ^ I 118 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. jl. M'' 7w: i -: I ' like that of distant tliuudor. The flight of these birds is very rapid, surpassing, I think, that of any other spceies: it is so peculiar, — the long wings vibrating in short, quick, energetic strokes, — that it furnishes a ready means of dis- tinguisliing it, from all other sjieeies, at a great height. About sunset, the great multitudes of these birds arc out, and tlie numbers of insects they destroy must bo immense. Everywhere they may bo seen: away up in the blue sky, as 'far as the eye can reach, they are coursing in wide-extended circles, chasing eacli otiier in sport, and even caressing and feeding their mates while on the wing; a little lower, they are spee(Ung over the tops of the trees, gleaning the insects that have just left the foliage; over the surface of the lake or river they fly so low, in the pursuit of aquatic insects, that their wings often Uaich the water; everywhere they are busy. Truly, tliey are deserving of much better treat- ment than they too often receive at the hands of the farmer, to whom they are his best friends; yet it is a fact, that, in a great many sections, they are driven from the chimneys of the farm-houses, and even destroyed, at every op})or- tuiiity. About the last of August, the Chinmey Swallow, in la'-go scattered iloeks, leaves for the South, and spends the winter in Honduras and the "West Indies. On returning in the spring, the same i)ai'' occupies the chimney used in the pre- vious season, as has been proved by actual observat
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