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feathers cemented together with its viscid saliva, placed in 

 a hole in a wall or under the tiles of an old house ; and 

 the eggs, which are generally two in number, are white. 

 Only one brood is reared in the season. The food of the 

 Swift consists entirely of insects. 



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