Birds of Oregon and Washington 1 09 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Male and female : 

 Head, back and tail, grayish-brown or clay-color; upper 

 wings and tail, darkest; breast, white with brownish 

 band across ; abdomen, white ; tail, though rounded, 

 more nearly square than that of other Swallows, and 

 obscurely edged with white ; a little tuft of feathers at 

 the base of the toes. 



Summer resident. 



THE ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Not unlike the Bank Swallow. 



Length, 5.5 inches. 



Found in the same localities as Bank Swallows, and 

 as other Swallows when on the wing. 



This is really another sort of Bank Swallow, 

 nesting, as it does, in holes in river banks. 



Its habits are quite identical with those of the 

 Bank Swallow. It is chiefly distinguished by 

 the peculiarity which gives it its name, viz. : 

 the outer edge of the first flight-feather has a 

 series of stiff hooks upon it. Its breast is also 

 a little grayish but without the band. 



A summer resident. Arrives and departs 

 with the Bank Swallow. 



