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ALPINE EUROPE 



always placed at a considerable height, is constructed of rootlets, twigs, and grass, 

 neatly lined with hair. The four or five brown-spotted, light brown eggs are laid 

 in April or May. 



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Alpine Swift. 



Although a bird of the Mediterranean countries, the Alpine 

 swift (Cypselus melba) is also characteristic of the mountains from 

 which it takes its name. Inhabiting the cliffs of both the northern and southern 

 shores of the Mediterranean, this bird ranges over the mountains of north-western 



