. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. HIRDS OF once the scene of last night's disturbance is quite and deserted, as the birds have flown to other lands, where they find less crowded beds and sjiorter, warmer ;. if pii ^. : 1^:; y t« > '.I il- ls Genus PICTROCHELIDON Cauanis. ?.:U. FETROCHIiLIDON LUNII'KONS (Say.). Cliff Swallow. 012. steel-blue; forehead whitish or brown ; rump rufous ; chin, throat and sides of head chestnut ;
. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. HIRDS OF once the scene of last night's disturbance is quite and deserted, as the birds have flown to other lands, where they find less crowded beds and sjiorter, warmer ;. if pii ^. : 1^:; y t« > '.I il- ls Genus PICTROCHELIDON Cauanis. ?.:U. FETROCHIiLIDON LUNII'KONS (Say.). Cliff Swallow. 012. steel-blue; forehead whitish or brown ; rump rufous ; chin, throat and sides of head chestnut ; a steel-blue spot on the throat; , sides and generally a cervical collar rusty-f,'ray, whitenin;,' on the belly. Youn/r, sufficiently similar. I-en{^th, 5; wing, 4^; tail, 2J. Had. North .\merica at large, and south to Brazil and Paraguay. Nest, a flask-shaped building of mud, lined with wool, feathers and bits of straw. Eggs, 4 or 5 ; white, spotted with reddish-brown. Early in May the Cliff Swallow crosses the southern border of Ontario, and gradually works its way up to the far north, breeding in colonies in suitable places all over the coun- try. In towns and villages the nests are placed under the eaves of outhouses ; in the country they are fastened under projecting ledges of rock and hard embankments. The birds are of an amiable, sociable disposition, as many as fifty families being sometimes observed in a colony without the slightest sign of quarrelling. Two broods are raised in the season, and by the end of August they begin to move off and are seen no more till spring. Tliey are somewhat fastidious in their choice of a nesting place, and on this account are not equally abundant at all points, but still they are very numerous throughout the Province. Genus CHELIDON Forster. 285. CHELIDON ERYTHROGASTER (BoDD.). 613. Barn Swallow. Lustrous steel-blue; below rufous or pale chestnut of varying shade; forehead, chin and throat deep chestnut; breast with an imperfect
Size: 1134px × 2204px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectbirds, booksubjectois
