NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



THE SWALLOW. 



THIS deservedly 

 popular harbinger 

 of spring arrives 

 in England about 

 the end of March 

 and beginning of 

 April, and departs 

 again in Septem- 

 ber, although 

 specimens have 

 been seen during 

 every month ol 

 the year, and 

 one hardy in- 

 dividual actually managed to live right 

 through a mild winter in Yorkshire not 

 long ago. There is little need for me to 

 describe the appearance of this familiar 

 bird in detail, but it may be well to say 

 that its forehead, chin, and throat are 

 chestnut brown, upper parts generally 

 and a broad bar across the chest steely 

 blue. Under parts dull, buffy white. 

 The adult Swallow may always be 

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