SWALLOWS 83 



X BARN SWALLOW 



Hirundo erythrogaster. Case 5, Fig. 32 



Chestnut underparts and a forked tail are the chief characters 

 of this beautiful Swallow. L. 7. 



Range. Nests from North Carolina and Arkansas* to Canada; 

 winters in the tropics. 



Washington, common S. R., more abundant T. V., Mch. 30- 

 Sept. 17. Ossining, common S. R., Apl. 15-Sept. 22. Cam- 

 bridge, common S. R., but fast decreasing, Apl. 20— Sept. 10. 

 N. Ohio, abundant S. R., Mch. 30-Sept. 22. Glen Ellyn, S. R„ 

 fairly common and increasing. Apl. 7-Sept. 1. SB. Minn., 

 common S. R„ Apl. 28-Aug. 31. 



Barn Swallows are far more beautiful, more graceful and 

 more companionable than Purple Martins. But while 

 we are erecting special dwellings for the Martins we are 

 making our barns Swallow-proof. A pair of Barn Swal- 

 lows are not only cheerful neighbors but good investments. 

 Let us make it possible for them to enter the hay-mow. 

 We may even supply shelves as foundations for their 

 open mud nests. The white, spotted eggs are laid in the 

 latter half of May. 



\ TREE SWALLOW 

 Iridoprocne bicolor. Case 5, Fig. 24 



Silky white below and shining bluish green above; young 

 birds are mouse-colored above but below are snowy white, un- 

 marked, as in the adult. L. 6. 



Range. Nests chiefly from southern New England northward 

 and winters from South Carolina to Central America. 



Washington, common T. V., Mch. 26-May 26; July 8-Oct. 14. 

 Ossining, common T. V., Apl. 4-May 26; Aug. 4-Oct. 16. Cam- 

 bridge, S. R., formerly common, now common only as a migrant, 

 Apl. s-Oct. 8. N. Ohio, common S. R., Apl. 10-Sept. 20. Glen 

 Ellyn, not common T. V., rare S. R., Apl. 21-Sept. 8. SE. Minn., 

 common S. R., Mch. 30-Aug. 31. 



We see comparatively few Tree Swallows during the 

 spring, but from July to October, as they journey slowly 

 Southward, they are the most abundant members of their 

 family. In countless thousands long ropes of Swallows 



