BARN SWALLOW. 

 Cheltdon erythrogastra. 



Char. Upper parts steel blue; forehead, throat, and breast rich 

 chestnut ; belly paler ; tail deeply forked, — outer feathers several inches 

 longer than the inner. Length 5}^ to 7^ inches. 



Nest. Attached to a rafter of a barn or the side of a cave; cup 

 shaped; made of pellets of mud bound with grass, and lined with grass 

 and feathers. 



Eggs. 3-6; white, variously marked with dark brown, reddish brown, 

 or purplish brown and lilac; 0.75 X 0.55. 



The Barn Swallows arrive in Florida and the maritime parts 

 of Georgia about the middle of March, but are not seen in the 

 Middle States before the last of that month or the beginning 



