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Lewis (1927) reports that "a pair of Chimney Swifts built a nest 

 and hatched a brood of young in an open well near an old deserted 

 farm-house in the southern part of the county [Lawrenceville, Va.]. 

 The nest was typical for the species and was stuck just above a bulge 

 in a rock in the well wall, just as they are stuck to the rocks in a 

 chimney. It was located about 7 feet below the surface of the 

 ground, and 10 feet above the water." 



Hyde (IQM) found an occupied nest "in an abandoned cistern 

 about one mile east of the town of Magnolia, Putnam County, 111." 

 He says : "The cistern was half hidden by vegetation. The diameter 

 at the aperture was three feet and at the bottom nine feet. There 

 was water nine feet below the aperture. The nest was in an entirely 

 sheltered position four feet above the water. All these figures being 

 approximate." 



Kennard (1895), speaking of a nest in New York State, says: "I 

 found a Chimney Swift's nest placed just under the ridge pole of 

 an old log barn and against the side of one of the logs of which it 

 was constructed. * * * j|. ^^^g within a foot of an enormous 

 hornet's nest. The five young birds which were nearly fledged were 

 clinging to the bark of the logs in the immediate vicinity and seemed 

 to get on much better with the hornets than I did." 



Evermann (1889) describes a "peculiar nidification of this species" 

 as follows: "A pair fastened their nest in 1884 upon the inside of 

 the door of an out-house at the Vandalia depot in Camden [Indiana]. 

 The birds entered the building through small holes made in thb 

 gables. This building was in daily use, but those who visited it were 

 cautioned by the railroad agent to open the door with care so as not 

 to jar the eggs from the nest. Four eggs were laid, one of which was 

 jostled from the nest, the other three hatched, and the young were 

 reared in safety. The nest was repaired and used again in 1885, and 

 again in 1886, a brood being reared each season." 



Most astonishing records of nesting are reported by Moore (1902b) 

 thus: "In this locality [Scotch Lake, New Brunswick], more nests are 

 built inside buildings than there are inside chimneys. The nests are 

 usually glued to the gable end of the building — sometimes barns, 

 sometimes old uninhabited houses are chosen — and one nest, the past 

 summer, was built in a blacksmith shop within fifteen feet of the 

 forge. A number of years ago a pair nested in the upper part of a 

 house in which a family lived, and near to a bed in; which children 

 slept every night. In this case the birds entered through a broken 

 window." 



Daniel (1902) gives an instance of the nesting of swifts in hollow 

 cypress trees in the Great Dismal Swamp. He says : 



Along the southeastern shore, growing in the lake some distance out from 

 tlie shore line, are a number of large hollow cypresses. The roots or "knees" of 



