. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Cliff Swallow this typical nest down to plain mud platforms,but are all warmly lined with grass andfeathers. In some localities, cliffs resemblebee hives, they having thousands of these nestsside by side and in tiers. Their eggs arecreamy white spotted with reddish brown;size .80 x .55 with great variations. Data.—Rockford, Minn., June 12, 1890. Nest madeof mud, lined with feathers; placed under theeaves of a freight house. [] Oban Clif
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Cliff Swallow this typical nest down to plain mud platforms,but are all warmly lined with grass andfeathers. In some localities, cliffs resemblebee hives, they having thousands of these nestsside by side and in tiers. Their eggs arecreamy white spotted with reddish brown;size .80 x .55 with great variations. Data.—Rockford, Minn., June 12, 1890. Nest madeof mud, lined with feathers; placed under theeaves of a freight house. [] Oban Cliff Swallow. Petro-chelidon fulva. Range.—West Indies and Central America;accidental on Florida Keys. PERCHING BIRDS73 Hirundo erythro-. 613. Barn S\v illow gastra. Range.—Whole of North America; winterssouth to South America. Barn Swallow This Swallow is the most beautiful and grace-ful of the family, and is a familiar sight, to everyone, skimming over the meadows and ponds in long graceful sweeps, curves and turns, its lengthened outertail feathers streaming behind. Throughout their range, they nest in barns,sheds or any building where they will not be often disturbed, making their nestsof mud and attaching them to the rafters; they are warmly lined with feathersand the outside is rough, caused by the pellets which they place on the exterior. Before the advent of civil-ized man, they attached theirnests to the sides of caves,in crevices among rocks andin hollow trees, as they donew in some localities. Theireggs cannot be distinguishedfrom those of the Cliff Swal-low. Data.—Penikese Is., Mass., July 2, on beam in sheep shed: made of pellets ofmud. lined with feathers. til 1. Tree Swallow; White bellied S
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