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BARN SIVALLOIV 



BARN SWALLOW. 



Barn Swallow: Iliruinlo crythrogastra. 



Length 7 inches; tail nearly hall the length. 



Upper parts steel-blue; tail deeply forked, with white 

 spots. 



Throat and upper breast chestnut-red; a steel-blue collar; 

 belly white. 



Resident (common) from April i to September; winters 

 in South America. 



His long-, forked tail and chestnut breast identify 

 the Barn Swallow. Seen from below, the" spots on 

 the tail show as a white band. 



