HUMMERS AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS 



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Olive told you once, the Swifts are a family all by them- 

 selves. This one lives in the eastern half of the coun- 

 tr}^ in summer, and goes far south for the winter. 

 When he lives in a wild region, he chooses a hollow 

 tree for his nesting place, as his ancestors 

 always did before there were any houses 

 or chimneys. 



Chimney Swift. 



" The flight of the Swift is so rapid that 



at times it is almost im^jossible for the 



quickest eye to follow him ; his wings are 



very strong, and almost as long as all the rest of his 



body. Short and blunt as his tail looks when he flies, 



^ach feather ends in a hard sharp point which stick§ 



