How to Attract the Birds 



fortress against enemies. One might suppose that 

 parents capable of so much hard work would do 

 just a little more and provide a comfortable bed for 

 their babies. Not they ! Disgorged hsh bones and 

 scales form the prickly cradle. 



The bank swallow, like all his kin, is fond of 

 associating with large numbers ot his fellows even 



l'llut..5jr;ii,li by Brcwnell 



Bank swallows nest and eggs. (Burrow in the sand opened to show nest) 



at the nestino; season. The face of an entire bank 

 where a colony of these graceful birds elect to live 

 will be drilled with holes as if it had been used as a 

 target by soldiers practising with small cannon. To 

 dig at least twenty inches into the sandy bank is no 

 slight task for so small a bird, which still has energy 

 enough remaining to carry twigs, grass and feathers 

 into the end of the tunnel. 



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