IO2 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



rump ; white patches on sides of rump often give effect 

 of continuous white when the bird is on the wing. All 

 below, pure white. Mr. Charles A. Keeler thus describes 

 this Swallow : " Above, a soft, rich green, changing to a 

 purplish-brown on the crown, and to violet-purplish on 

 the upper tail-coverts." By " tail-coverts " is meant the 

 feathers above and below, which lap over the tail from 

 the body. 



Only a summer resident, spending the winter 

 with the other Swallows in the tropics. Due in 

 the locality of the Columbia River about April 

 ist, sometimes a week earlier. 



THE CLIFF, OR EAVE, SWALLOW. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Upper parts : bluish-black.. 

 Under parts : brown and white. 

 Length, 6 inches. 



Formerly, like all the large Swallow family, 

 the Cliff or Eave Swallows lived far from human 

 dwellings. But they are now, like so many of 

 their kind, found about buildings, although they 

 still, to a considerable extent, make their curious 

 nests upon the sides of cliffs. These mud nests 

 are pocket-shaped, and are literally glued to per- 



