. The century illustrated monthly magazine . Chimney Swallow. Barn Swallow. exhausted, it clings to the side of the wall tillit dies. I once found one in my room on re-turning after several days absence, in whichlife seemed nearly extinct; its feet graspedmy finger as I removed it from the wall,but its eyes closed and it seemed about on thepoint of joining its companion which lay deadupon the floor. Tossing it into the air, how-ever, seemed to awaken its wonderful powersof flight, and away it went straight toward theclouds. On the wing the chimney swallowlooks like an athlete stripped for the
. The century illustrated monthly magazine . Chimney Swallow. Barn Swallow. exhausted, it clings to the side of the wall tillit dies. I once found one in my room on re-turning after several days absence, in whichlife seemed nearly extinct; its feet graspedmy finger as I removed it from the wall,but its eyes closed and it seemed about on thepoint of joining its companion which lay deadupon the floor. Tossing it into the air, how-ever, seemed to awaken its wonderful powersof flight, and away it went straight toward theclouds. On the wing the chimney swallowlooks like an athlete stripped for the is the least appearance of quill andplumage of any of our birds, and with all itsspeed and marvelous evolutions the effect ofits flight is stiff and wiry. There appears tobe but one joint in the wing, and that next thebody. This peculiar inflexible motion of thewings, as if they were little sickles of sheet iron,seems to be owing to the length and develop-ment of the primary quills and the smallnessof the secondary. The wing appe
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