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until camera was placed within 15 

 inches. 



One day between May 29 and June 

 4) 7 eggs were seen in nest and i broken 

 egg on path near nest. 



June 4 — Several young hatched. One 

 apparently just out of shell. Old birds 

 near. 



June 12 — Female near nest. Several 

 young heard in neighborhood. Nest 

 empty, except i infertile egg. 



Rough-winged Swallow 

 This bird often nests like a King- 

 fisher, in a hole in a bank. I have 

 never seen the similar and usually more 

 common Bank Swallow in the Somerset 

 Hills, whereas the Rough-winged are at 

 Ravine Lake in summer. Both of these 

 Swallows are dark brown above, but the 

 Rough-winged differs from the Bank 

 in having a gray breast instead of a 



