ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



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Genus PETROCHBLIDON Cab. 



255-612-(162). Petrochelidon Innifroiis {Say). * Cliff Swallow; Eave Swal- 

 low; Mud Dauber; Square-tailed Barn Swallow. 



Very common; throughout the State; May to August; "rare and local in Washte- 

 naw County" (Dr. J. B. Steere); " I have counted one hundred and ninety-three nests 

 under the eaves of one barn, from which I think over two thousand young were 

 hatched in one season" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "occurs at Chandler's Palls, on the 

 Escanaba river, Upper Peninsula, where it breeds" (L. W. Watkins) "Mackinac Island " 

 (S. E. White); breeds; nests under eaves, on sides of embankments, rocks, etc., prefer- 

 ring the southeast or west side; nests of mud; eggs four to six, white, specked with quite 

 large brown spots. Like other birds that nest around our farm buildings, they are 

 being driven off by the English Sparrow. L. W. Watkins reports an entire brood of 

 albinos. 



Qends CHELIDON Forster. 



Generic details of Barn Swallow. 



350-(>13-(159). Ciielidou erytlirog-aster (Bodci.). =^ Barn Swallow. 



Very abundant throughout the State; April to August; "Mackinac Island " (S. E. 



White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; nests in May, in barns and other 

 buildings; "I saw about 300 at my farm at Plymouth, Sept. i, 1886, and not one after 

 that date" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); two broods and sometimes three; eggs three to six, 

 white, finely spotted with brown, especially at the large end; the tail of this bird is 

 deeply forked. This graceful bird is justly a favorite with farmers and farmers' boys. 

 They are often seen in large flocks just before leaving in early September. 



