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The same general habits characterize the Cuban ClifC Swallow as are common to 

 P. Vunifrons. 



it-+0613. BAKN SWALLOW. Chelidou erythrogaster (Bodd.) Geog. Dist.— Whole 

 of North America; south in winter to Central America, West Indies, and various 

 portions of South America. 



Nearly everyone knows this beautiful, deeply forked-tailed Swallow which builds 

 its nest in bams and under the eaves of other outbuildings. The female bird of 

 this species, however, does not possess as deeply a forked tail as is common in the 

 male birds. The nest is a bowl-shaped structure, enti^'ely open above, composed of 



613. Barh Swallow amd Nest (E. S. Cheney del). 



pellets of mud, mixed with straws, and warmly lined with soft feathers. It is at- 

 tached by one side to the rafters within barns, on the sides of caves, etc. From 

 three to five or six eggs are deposited; they are white, marked witli spots and 

 blotches of bright reddish-brown, chiefly at the larger end. The eggs appear rather 

 narrow for their length; sizes range from .68 to .78 in length by .50 to .56 broad; aver- 

 age size, .75X.55 inches. 



614. TREE SWALLOW. Tachydneta Ucolor (Vieill.) Geog. Dist.— Whole of 

 North America in summer; wintering from Southern Florida, Cuba and Gulf coast 

 to Guatemala. 



