6S 



WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 71 



CLIFF SWALLOW. 



Family: HirundinidaB. 



Genus: Petrochelidon. 

 Species: P. lunifrons. 



Distribution: 



A local summer resident of New England. 



Date of Arrival: 

 May first. 



Date of Departure: 

 September first. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts deep hXne^ forehead dusky . Rump chestnut . Under 

 parts, throat, sides of head and breast chestnut, lower breast 

 paler, belly white, tail hardly forked. Bill and feet dark. 

 Length about 6.00. 



-Song a7id Other Notes: 

 Twitterings. 



Haunts: 



About old barns and farms and in wilder localities about 

 cliffs. 



