584 AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 



Nest. Placed on ground or a little above it; generally in hedges. 

 Eggs. Bluish white; thickly speckled with minute specks of 

 reddish or cinnamon brown. 



Habitat. The central states; 



Sepcific habitat. Brush or hedge patches. 



Migration. Middle of April till October. 



Bluu Jay. 

 Cyanocitta cristata. 



Crow Family. 



Syn. Jay bird. 



Length. 11.50 inches. 



Color. Above, light purplish blue; wings and tail feathers 

 bright blue; tail banded with black, tipped with white; light 

 purplish blue on throat; a crescent shaped blotch of black on 

 breast and half around neck. Female, much duller. 



Song. No real song; good mimic of songs and notes of other 

 birds. Bell-like note; many harsh notes; a loud haw^k-note. 



Nest. Rude, about twenty feet from ground; composed of 

 twigs, etc., lined with roots. 



Eggs. Five in number; light olive green, marked with spots 

 of brown. 



Habitat. Eastern N. America to Missouri valley. 



vSpecific habitat. Oakgroves in settled places. 



Migration. No regular migration. 



Food. Tent caterpillars, other worms and insects in summer; 

 in winter acorns and beech mast. 



Barn Swallow. 



Chelidon erythrogaster. 



Length. 7 inches. 



Color. Upper parts and sides of breast steel blue; throat 

 chestnut; under parts paler; tail marked with white. 



vSong. Poor efforts, but composed of happy twittering. 



Nest. Placed on a beam in an out building; made of mud 

 and grasses lines with feathers. 



Eggs. Six; white, with many spots. 



Habitat. Central and eastern states. 



Migration. April 15 to vSeptember 15. 



Food. Insects taken on the wing; little if any vegetable food. 



