PLATE XL BANK SWALLOW. 



Clivicola riparia. 



Above gray-brown ; beneath white, with a brown band across the 

 breast ; wings and tail darker than body (the tail nearly square) ; bill 

 dark ; feet lighter. Length, 5.20 inches. 



Migratory. Arrives about May 20, leaves in September. The Bank Swallow is 

 recorded as seen in large numbers in Rockland County, New York, so late as November, 

 but this is exceptional. Its nest is placed in a hole excavated in a sand-bank. Lives in 

 colonies. Note soft and lisping. 



