. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . in trees or stumps, preferable in the vicinity of water, but large numbers now take up their abode in houses provided for them by man, providing that English Sparrows are kept away. They make their nests of straws and grasses, lined with feathers, and lay four to six plain white eggs; size .75 x .50. Data.—Portage, Mich., May 26, 1897. Nest in a gate post; hole White about 6 inches deep, lined with feathers. 615. Northern Violet-green Swallow
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . in trees or stumps, preferable in the vicinity of water, but large numbers now take up their abode in houses provided for them by man, providing that English Sparrows are kept away. They make their nests of straws and grasses, lined with feathers, and lay four to six plain white eggs; size .75 x .50. Data.—Portage, Mich., May 26, 1897. Nest in a gate post; hole White about 6 inches deep, lined with feathers. 615. Northern Violet-green Swallow. Tachyci-neta thalassina lepida. Range.—United States in the Rocky Mountains and westto the Pacific coast, breeding from Mexico to British Co-lumbia; winters south of our borders. This very beautiful species is smaller than the last, it, is white below, but the upper partsare blue, green and purple without gloss. ^-—They are common in their range andnest, usually in holes in trees, less oftenin banks and under eaves; the nests aremade of grass and feathers, and the eggsare pure white, four or five in number;6l5_6i6 size .72 x . .:£,-■ White 615a. San Lucas Swallow. Tachycineta thalassina brachyptera. Range.—Southern Lower California. Practically the same bird as the lastbut with the wing very slightly shorter. Nesting habits or eggs will not differ. [] Bahaman Swallow. Callichelidon cyaneoviridis. Range.—Bahamas; casual at Dry Tortugas, Florida. This very beautiful species is similar to the western Violet-green Swallow, asare also its eggs.
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