SWIFTS. 321) 



357. HOWELL NIGHTHAWK. 



Similar to last, but lighter above and 

 more reddish. Western U. S.. casual in 111. 



SWIFTS. 



Compact birds with short bills, long 

 primaries, but other parts of wing short- 

 ened. Flight swift. Fijr. 264 



358. CHIMNEi 7 SWIFT. 



Small, 5; spindle-shaped, tail 

 short and spiny at tip; appearing 

 black, fig. 264. Young naked and 

 helpless when hatched. Nests of 

 sticks fastened together with glue 

 secreted by the mouth of the bird, 

 (sticks gathered when bird is on 

 the wing) placed usually in china- Swift, 

 neys or occasionally in hollow trees, caves, 

 etc. Eggs, 4, white. Flight swift, con- 

 tinuous by a rapid alternate quivering move- 

 ment of wing tips and sailing. Food, 

 insects. Cries, a shrill chatter, always given 

 in flight, never when in the chimnev. 



