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The Swallow 



MALE, FEMALE, NEST, AND EGGS. 



( Hirundo rustica ) LlNN^uS. 



HE long graceful streamers of the tail serve as . an unfailing character by 



a favourite nesting place of these birds. The nest, composed of mud and a little 

 hay, is beautifully lined with feathers ; the latter being carefully placed with their 

 convex side outwards, and so arranged as to project an inch or more above the 

 margin of mud forming the exterior of the nest. 



Unlike the House-Martin, this species always places its nest (which has 

 an open top) on some projecting shelf or platform. 



Collected and presented by Mr. A. O. Walker, F.L.S-, and the Curator. 



which to separate this species from its congeners. The adult male on flight 

 has the streamers well developed, and is probably a very old bird. 



The artificial brickwork, &c, is a section of the interior of a shippon— 



