HUMMERS AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS 



29' 



Olive told you once, the Swifts are a family all by them- 

 selves. This one lives in the eastern half of the coun- 

 try in summer, and goes far south for the winter. 

 When he lives in a wild region, he chooses a hollow 

 tree for his nesting place, as his ancestors 

 always did before there were any houses 

 or chimneys. 



Chimney Swift. 



The flight of the Swift is so rapid that 

 at times it is almost impossible for the 

 quickest eye to follow him ; his wings are 

 very strong, and almost as long as all the rest of his 

 body. Sliort and blunt as his tail looks Avhen he flies, 

 each feather ends in a hard sharp point which sticks 



