Bird Study 



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The Chimney Swift 



26. Where do the chimney swifts build their nests? Of what 

 materials is the nest made? What is its shape and how is it supported? 

 Where does the chimney swift get its glue for nest building? 



27. Describe how the chimney swifts enter their nesting place at 

 night. Where and how do they perch ? Describe the shape of the swift's 

 tail and its use to the bird when roosting. 



28. On what does the chimney swift feed and how does it procure this 

 food? Describe how its beak is especially fitted for this? 



29. How can you distinguish the chimney swift from the swallows? 

 In what respect does the chimney swift resemble the swallows? In what 

 respects does it differ from them? 



Supplementary reading — "Chimney Swifts," Familiar Wild Animals, 

 Lottridge; The Chimney Swifts, Washington Irving; Nestlings of Forest 

 and Marsh, Wheelock, p. 191; "The Eave Swallow" and "The Purple 

 Martin" in The Bird Book, Eckstorm; The Second Bird Book, Miller; 

 True Bird Stories, Miller, p. 118; Our Birds and Their Nestlings, p. 155; 

 A Watcher in the Woods, Sharp, p. 163. 



Nest of the ruby-ihroat 



hummingbird. 



Photo by Geo. Fiske, Jr. 



