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In the southern part of the United 

 States Vultures are very abundant. 



The Chimney Swift 



This bird is frequently miscalled 

 Chimney Swallow, but is not of the 

 Swallow family, being a member of the 

 same one as the Nighthawk, Whip-poor- 

 will and Hummingbird, and yet how 

 different these birds are in appearance. 

 The flight of the Swift is different from 

 that of the Swallow, as are also its 

 notes. Chimney Swifts are dark brown 

 in color with the throat gray, and their 

 wings are extremely long. 



The Swifts nest in chimneys, fasten- 

 ing the twigs together and sticking them 

 to the bricks with their saliva, which 

 acts as a mucilage. Before there were 

 houses in this country the Swifts nested 

 and roosted in hollow trees. 



John J. Audubon writes as follows 



