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of populous places, where it is protected and 
favoured by the inhabitants, who commonly place 
nest-boxes on the tops of the houses for its con- 
venience. When these are not provided, the Stork 
builds on the tops of chimneys, steeples, and lofty 
ruins. In the nest, which is made of dry sticks, 
twigs, and aquatic plants, the female lays from 
two to four yellowish white eggs. 
SWALLOW, CHIMNEY. 
Hrrunpo rusrica, Lin. 
The Chimney Swallow generally makes its ap- 
pearance in the south of England early in April, 
but is seldom seen in the northern counties, or in 
Scotland, before the middle or latter part of that 
month. Towards the latter end of September it 
prepares for its migration to the warm regions of 
Africa, where it passes the winter months. Its 
food is insects, which it takes with great dexterity 
on the wing. The nest is placed under the eaves 
of outhouses, on beams or rafters within them, on 
the face of rocks, in quarries, in the sides of walls, 
or in the shafts of old coal pits, and is formed of 
mud, with a lining of grass and feathers. The 
egos, of which there are four or five, are white, 
speckled with reddish brown. 
