Notes on (^lliH" Swallows 



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liiiii-s one <>l llic liird:, vvoiiM icni.iin in llic nciJ diiriii)' llic | iiocc:,;,, lo liclj) 

 ill liiol(lili|',. I'Voiii llii;, l);i:,c ;i :-,i(l(' would l)c hiiill lo llic lool, ami I hen I Ik; 

 rcinaiiiiii)'; :,|)a(c was III led in lo leave an o|)eniii)', a I I lie I ((p. None ol I lie ne:,l:-, 

 in llii:. (oloiiy li.'id "ikm k;,." 'I'lie jMcal niajorily ol I he o|)eniii)';:, were on a, 

 line willi I he iiiiddle ol I he nesi;.. 'i'lie iie;,l:, were Ihiiily lineil willi dry j.',rM,SS, 



i'.nildiii)', ua:, done incjoila rl y, and, lo n:,, wilhoiil rhyme or rea ,011 as to 

 hour ol day or anuiiinl ol woil. done :,oinel iine:. al '; A.vi., al oilier limes ill 

 I he all einoon and evenin;,'; ; on June 1 , all day. ( )ne pair ((»in| ilel eij I he ii| )|i(t 

 hall ol Iheir lie ,1 on llil , day, Iml ihis wa;. evidenlly loo 'piii I: woii., a', the 

 lie .1 :,ooii lell oil. 



Usually, aller a lew hours ol work I here would Le a lonj' lime ol leedin;^ 

 ()r play. 



((.((•r SWALLOWS oA I II i.r I , ,(. ,vi(ii) roi'. Nr;s'('s 



'['he < olony (onlaineil one ;';roup ol lonr iie;.ls, and Ihrei- jo-oii|)s ol Ihice, 

 a,ll the ol hers were sinj.d(s 



l'>ir<ls, w<M"e ii()1 raised in all I he n<:s1.s finished on llie norl h .ide; s.ome lell 

 oil, and the I'.nj-dish Sparrows alluded lo iibove deslroy<d anolher |',i'onp of 

 I luce on I hi:, sa'd(s I'.roken Sparrow e-^i/s were loiind in I he dehii , ol holli 

 j^roups destroyed by them. Alter their ;.e(()nd lailiire I lH:y hit the vieinity. 



Miikinj^ took [ikne toward the end ol Ma,y, iis.iiaJly while l he l»irds w(;rc 

 f^atherin^^ mud. 'I he lirs.l yonnj^ birds, were hatched al>i»iil Jiuie 1.', the la.st. 

 Oil July ■;. 'I he yoiiii/.^ birds were le.d by both parents,, and v<-iy lre(|uenlly. 

 Al first the birds (entered iJic nes1:s with the lood, bill ailer about a week the 

 bills ol I h<- lil t le bird;, were pushed out lo re(:<;ive t he loo<l, t he old bird < lilij^- 

 in^'; t o I he out side ol t he lie:, t and bracing itself wit h it, tail. A few da,ys lal,(;r, 

 the whole head appeared at feedinf,";. Affer t lie yonn|^ bird;; had left the nest, 

 we soinet iin<;s sa.w tin- leedinj^ I ake pla( e on I he wiiij,';. 



While the birds were smaJI, the parent dropped the excrement from the 

 edj^e of the nest; but, later on, the young bird voided it from the nest. 



