Rural School Leaflet 827 



pewee. It may always be identified in the field by its habit of wagging 

 the tail when perched. 



" When buckets shine 'gainst maple trees 

 And drop by drop the sap doth flow, 

 When days are warm, but nights do freeze. 

 And deep in woods lie drifts of snow. 

 When cattle low and fret in stall. 

 The morning brings the phcebe's call, 



' Phoebe, 

 Phwbe, phcebe,' a cheery note 

 While cackling hens make such a rout." 



JOHN BURROUGHS 



Cliff swallow. — Size : About the same as a sparrow. 



General color: A white band across the forehead and a rich chestnut 



patch on the throat. The under parts are whitish. The tail is not 



deeply forked like that of the ham swallow. 



" Gallant and gay in their doublets gray, 



All at a flash like the darting of flame, 

 Chattering Arabic, African, Indian — 



Certain of springtime, the swallows came!" 



EDWIN ARNOLD 



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The cliff swallow 



