. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . THE 274 THE CLIFF SWALLOW. with the last named species, and the l)irds seem to have reached a uiodiisvkciidi on peaceable grounds. At the end of the breeding season the Martins are no longer confinedto the nesting site, but range freely by day, and gather in large companie-^to roost at night. Sometimes the ridge or cornice of a building is used forthis purpose, but oftener the birds resort to some unfrequented woodland orout-of-the-wav place. In the summer of 1901
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . THE 274 THE CLIFF SWALLOW. with the last named species, and the l)irds seem to have reached a uiodiisvkciidi on peaceable grounds. At the end of the breeding season the Martins are no longer confinedto the nesting site, but range freely by day, and gather in large companie-^to roost at night. Sometimes the ridge or cornice of a building is used forthis purpose, but oftener the birds resort to some unfrequented woodland orout-of-the-wav place. In the summer of 1901 we saw upwards of a thou-sand cf them roosting in the hackberry trees of North Harbor Island, andhad reason to l:)elieve that the company represented not only the entire popu-lation of the Lake Erie Islands, but a considerable number from the Cana-dian and Ohio mainland as No. 120. CLIFF SWALLOW. A. O. U. No. 612. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say). Synonyms.—Eave Swallow ; Republican Swallow. Description.—Adult: A prominent whitish crescent on forehead; crown,back, and an obscure patch on breast steel-blue; throat, sides of head, and napedeep chestnut; breast, sides, and a cervical collar brown-gray; belly white orwhitish; wings and tail blackish; rump pale rufous,—the color reaching aroundon flanks; under tail-coverts dusky. In young birds the frontlet is obscure orwanting; the plumage dull brown above, and the throat blackish with white and feet weak, the former suddenly compressed at tip. Length () ; wing () ; tail () ; bill from nostril .22 (). Recognition Marl<s.—Warbler size, but comparison inappropriate,—^bet-ter sav Swallow size ; white forehead and rufous rump. Found in colonies. THE CLIFF SWALLOW. 275 Nest, an inverted stack-shaped, or declined retort-shaped structure of mud,scantil
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