THE CLIFF-SWALLOW. 



HILE the bank-swallow is too 

 shy to be often seen about our 

 homes, the cliff-swallow is fond 

 of human company. It is as 

 ^ % v* fond of our large cities as of 



our country homes. It was 

 never known to do an injury to any one. It is 

 the true friend of our horses and other stock, eat- 

 ing large numbers of the flies that torture them. 

 And they eat, also, the insects that sting our fruit 

 trees. They are kind and loving to each other 

 and tenderly care for their own family. If any of 

 their folks are in trouble, they all lend a hand. 



The note of the cliff-swallow is a genial sound, 

 pleasant to hear at nesting-time. While they 

 are chatting as they fly, you can hear their bills 

 snapping up the insects in their way. 



In the old days, before we built houses in every 

 part of the land, the cliff- 

 swallows made their bottle- 

 shaped nests on the. sides 

 of rocks; but they now pre- 



REFEREXCE TOPICS. 

 How bricks are made. 

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