WOODLAND BIRDS. 



60 



No. 72. 



BARN SWALLOW. 



Genus: Clielidon. 



Species: C. erythrogastra. 



Disiributio7i: 



A common summer resident of all New England. 



Date of Arrival: Last of April, 



Date of Departure: First of September. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts^ deep blue with partial blue collar; under parts 

 reddish chestnut, forehead chestnut, lower parts paler; tail 

 white marked and much forked. Bill and feet dark. Length 

 about 7.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 

 Lively twitters. 



Haunts: 



About the old barns through whose doors and windows they 

 can readily go out and in. 



