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BARN SWALLOW 



BARN SWALLOW. 



Barn Swallow: Hirundo erythrogastra. 



Length 7 inches; tail nearly half the length. 



Upper parts steel-blue; tail deeply forked, with white 

 spots. 



Throat and upper breast chestnut-red; a steel-blue collar; 

 belly white. 



Resident (common) from April i to September; winters 

 in South America. 



His long, forked tail and chestnut breast identify 

 the Barn Swallow. Seen from below, the spots on 

 the tail show as a white band. 



