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rump and one on the forehead^ botli of which are very easily 

 seen even during flight. 



Although I have seen and know of a great many of their 

 nesting sights my photograpliic experiences with these birds 

 are limited to one attempt. The nests were under the eaves 

 of a large barn, fully thirty feet above ground; time and 

 conditions forced me to hold the graflex camera out of a 

 tiny window and make exposures in a most awkward atti- 

 tude. The eggs of this species are precisely like those of 

 the Barn Swallow. — creamy white, profusely spotted with 

 reddish-brown. The nests are most commonly located on 

 buildings near water; I have found them very commonly 

 plastered to the sides of ice liouses. 



Fig. 53. LEAST FLYCATCHER. 

 Brooding her little ones. 



