. Birds . Sand Martins and their Nests. 10 THE BURROWING OWL. Another swallow often chooses the chimney of anold farm-house, while the martin occupies the , too, sparrows find a crevice; sometimes theychoose the roof of a house, or, if the latter be of thatch,they scoop out a hole for their nests of hay and straw,lined with feathers. Failing here, Within the hedgeThe sparrow lays her sky-stained eggs. Nor will these birds disdain to fix their abode in sometree. They like to build too under the mud-bottom ofa rooks nest, which defends them from the rain. The white owl seeks the antiqu
. Birds . Sand Martins and their Nests. 10 THE BURROWING OWL. Another swallow often chooses the chimney of anold farm-house, while the martin occupies the , too, sparrows find a crevice; sometimes theychoose the roof of a house, or, if the latter be of thatch,they scoop out a hole for their nests of hay and straw,lined with feathers. Failing here, Within the hedgeThe sparrow lays her sky-stained eggs. Nor will these birds disdain to fix their abode in sometree. They like to build too under the mud-bottom ofa rooks nest, which defends them from the rain. The white owl seeks the antique ruined wall,Fearless of rapine ; or, in hollow trees,Which age has caverned, safely courts repose. A different course is taken by the burrowing owlof America. It resides only in the villages of the mar-mot or prairie dog, where excavations are so commodi-ous as to render it unnecessary that this bird shouldbuild for itself, as it is said to do in other parts of theworld, where burrowing animals do not ex
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