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NATURE STUDY IN SCHOOLS. 



BAHAMA SWALLOW. 



Size, medium, about six inches long. Tail, deeply forked, with outer 

 feathers slightly narrowed. Above, velvety green, becoming lustrous blue on 

 lower back, rump, tail, and wings. Beneath, pure white. Female similar, 

 but duller. 



Flight, quite graceful and easy. Song, a low, chirping, musical warble. 

 Nests, placed in holes about the eaves of buildings. Eggs, unknown. 



I give the above account of this beautiful and rare swallow, inasmuch 

 as I have twice seen it in Florida, where it has also been actually taken, 

 thus completing the account of the swallows of Eastern North America. 



BARN SWALLOW. 



Size, medium, about seven inches long. Tail, deeply forked, with the 

 terminal portion of the outer feathers much narrowed. 



Above, dark steely blue. Forehead and upper part of breast, chestnut. 

 Female, similaK, but' duller. Breeds throughout United States, May 1 to 

 Sept. 1. 



Fig. 58. 



Head and tail feather of adult tnale Barn Swallow. 



Flight, exceedingly graceful and easy. Song, consisting of twitterings and 

 a continuous bubbling melody 



Nests placed inside barns and other out buildings, composed of mud, in 

 which is mixed straw, etc., lined with feathers 



