. Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile valley . ep metallic steelblue-black; forehead and throat, rich red-brown; a bandof the blue borders the red on throat; underparts creamy-white; beak very short and black; eyes, dark brown. Length,8 inches. The above description is of the Common orChimney Swallow, and if for the creamy-whiteunderparts, you read red-brown underparts, length7 inches, you have an accurate description of theEgyptian or Oriental Chimney Swallow. As theEgyptian Swallow and our own Common Swalloware so similar in appearance and habits, both aredealt with in this art
. Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile valley . ep metallic steelblue-black; forehead and throat, rich red-brown; a bandof the blue borders the red on throat; underparts creamy-white; beak very short and black; eyes, dark brown. Length,8 inches. The above description is of the Common orChimney Swallow, and if for the creamy-whiteunderparts, you read red-brown underparts, length7 inches, you have an accurate description of theEgyptian or Oriental Chimney Swallow. As theEgyptian Swallow and our own Common Swalloware so similar in appearance and habits, both aredealt with in this article. With so little differencebetween the two species, it is not strange thatpersons seem to find it hard to distinguish the onefrom the other; but really, if one watches at allcarefully, he will soon note if the individual birdhas the creamy-white underparts or no, as it isseldom that any swallow flies long without thatsideway swerve which shows the wing lifted freeabove the body. The first date I have noted as 60 COMMON SWALLOW AND EGYPTIAN SWALLOW ■4. « ^
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