PART THREE: FALL AND SPRING 

 CHAPTER VIII 



TRANSIENTS 



It must be remembered that, in migration, 

 birds travel in unaccustomed localities and, 

 therefore, the haunts of transients are variable. 

 Also, that owing to the variation of a bird's 

 migration, some of the following transients may 

 not always be found, even during the migration 

 period. It is usually better to study the sum- 

 mer part, if not too early in the spring or too 

 late in the fall, as this will be apt to suffice, tho 

 it might be well to state here that the early fall 

 is probably the worst period for a beginner to 

 start ornithology, owing not only to the tran- 

 sients or even to the changed plumages of many 

 of the males, but also to the presence of numbers 

 of young birds with all their ' immature 

 markings. 



i. TREE SWALLOW 



Haunts: Flies about in the air, particularly 

 near marshes. Flies the highest of the swallows. 



Description: Steel-green above; silky- white 

 below. 



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