350 OUR NATIVE SONGSTERS. 



here, and directly he arrives may be seen pre- 

 paring for the nest. All the time of his short 

 stay he is incessantly occupied in catching his 

 prey, and after rushing distractedly through the 

 air for about fourteen or fifteen weeks, goes off 

 again to other climates. 



Tlie usual time of the arrival of this bird is 

 early in May, and by the middle of August it is 

 gone; though now and then some straggler is 

 left a little longer. The swallows are all widely 

 distributed, being found, apparently like the in- 

 sect tribe on which they feed, in almost every 

 part of the world. 



THE END. 



