DIRECTOUY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN KORTH AMERICA. 2t> 1 



A. from Ga. and northern Mexico, north to the Arctic regions ; 

 winters in S. A. ; south in Sep. ; north in April and May. 

 Common. Nests in communities, in holes of sand banks; 

 eggs, unspotted. Notes, afeeble twitter. Flight, rather weak. 

 Fig. 344. Fig. 345. 



CC, JL, c, 1. 

 d. Kough-vvinged Swallows. Stelgidoi)teryx. 



Rather small swallows, brownish above, white below; 

 tail, moderately forked; adult males with the barbs of the 

 outer wing feather hooked backward, lig. 346. 



1. EOUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, S. SEKRiPENNis. 5.50; 

 brown throughout, excepting middle lower parts, B.bdomen, 

 and under tail coverts, tig. 347. Breeds in temperate N- A. 

 from Central America north to southern Conn, and British 

 Columbia; winters in Central America; south in Sep. : north 

 in May. Nests in holes of bridges, buildings, banks, etc., 

 seldom in communities ; eggs, unspotted. Notes, feeble twit- 

 ters. Flight, not very strong. 



Fig. 346. Fig. 347. 



CC, L, d, 1. 



