. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — TIIK SWALLOWS. 345. Hiriiiidii biailor* (listinffiiislicil liy tin" fi'' to high Arctic, rej,'ions, and is tilso rosidiMit thr(Uiy which it is known in tlu^ Brit- ish Provinces, of the " Wood ; In the islands of (iniiiil Meiian, in 1851, where repeated attempts had been niiide to induce tliese hirds to build in martin-boxes, the endeavor had l)een entirely unsuccessful. Yet the birds weir so aliundant that hardly ii hollow tree or stum]!, on ccrti
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — TIIK SWALLOWS. 345. Hiriiiidii biailor* (listinffiiislicil liy tin" fi'' to high Arctic, rej,'ions, and is tilso rosidiMit thr(Uiy which it is known in tlu^ Brit- ish Provinces, of the " Wood ; In the islands of (iniiiil Meiian, in 1851, where repeated attempts had been niiide to induce tliese hirds to build in martin-boxes, the endeavor had l)een entirely unsuccessful. Yet the birds weir so aliundant that hardly ii hollow tree or stum]!, on ccrtiiin of the smaller isltuids, C(aild be found, thtit did not contain a nest of this species. This is still the case on the Patfilic coast, though not exclusively so. It was not until after the publication of his Ornithological ;i])hy that Au- dubon was aware of any tU'imrture from this mode of nesting on the jtart of this Swidlow, although it had not escaped the notice of AVilson. In Eastern Massachusetts these birds have undergone an entire chtuige of 44. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Boston : Little, Brown
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