. Birds of the Bible . )en places of worshij), mosques, and public build-ings. With us the bii-ds of which we thiid; when we read ofa swallow or a swift ha\e made a slight chanc in char-. TIIK SA\ ALJ.()\\ :351 acteristics and habits from tlicsc ancestors of theirs. Tlieswallows can not find suitable nest locations under theeaves of modern houses, so they have gone to the barns,seeking the rafters and eaves, to which thev still tenaciously they nest in these outbuildings that thename barn swallow is used to designate a species. Ourswifts still chatter, but they are not so wild as the
. Birds of the Bible . )en places of worshij), mosques, and public build-ings. With us the bii-ds of which we thiid; when we read ofa swallow or a swift ha\e made a slight chanc in char-. TIIK SA\ ALJ.()\\ :351 acteristics and habits from tlicsc ancestors of theirs. Tlieswallows can not find suitable nest locations under theeaves of modern houses, so they have gone to the barns,seeking the rafters and eaves, to which thev still tenaciously they nest in these outbuildings that thename barn swallow is used to designate a species. Ourswifts still chatter, but they are not so wild as the an-cestors of the fnniily. Lacking the rocky crevices of theHoly Land in which to build, in this new country of oursthey find a substitute in the chinuieys of brick and soon as the fires are out in the spring, they takepossession, build their nests, raise their young, and chat-ter above us all day. In our colder and variable climate we can not leavehouses of worship and public buildings open, as did theOrientals. But every latticed belfry or any ])ublic towerwhere they can find a small entrance soon becomes the homeof a flock of swifts. All deserted cabins and abandonedco
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