FA M I L Y HirundinidcB 



bridges and the eaves of the beach cottages, 

 and about old outbuildings. The nest is a 

 half saucer-shaped affair composed of mud 

 and grass mixed together and warmly 

 lined with feathers, placed either on a 

 beam or rafter or glued to the side of a 

 beam or wall. 



, Rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx 



serripennis. 5.40 



Distribution: Temperate North America, 

 Mexico and Central America to Costa 

 Rica. Breeding nearly throughout its 

 range. 



The rough-winged swallow resembles the 

 bank swallow but may be distinguished from 

 it by its soiled rather than white underparts 

 and absence of the sooty band across the 

 breast. Its nesting habits are similar to those 

 of the bank swallow, although it is not found 

 in so large numbers in any one place, and it 

 sometimes places its nest in the cracks and 

 crannies about the abutments of bridges. 

 Although the rough- winged and bank swal- 

 lows are much alike in appearance and habits, 

 both species being sooty gray with lusterless 

 plumage, the rough-winged is found more 

 often about water than the bank swallow and 

 lives in much smaller colonies. Neither 

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