Field Marks. The swallow having the long and deeply forked tail. 
Xote. "A soft and affectionate 'wit, wit.' " 
The barn swallow is the first of the swallows to greet us in the 
spring. This species is not so local in its distribution or so social in 
its disposition as the bank and cliff swallows. 
After U. S. Biological Survey. 
More commonly the nest is placed on the rafters in the inside of a 
barn, but sometimes the nesting site of the cliff swallow is chosen. As 
a rule the barn swallow flies lower than the other swallows, skimmmg 
along gracefully in search of food only a few feet from the ground. 
Mr. William Brewster says of the barn swallows: "There is no evil 
blended with the benefits they confer upon man; they destroy the insects 
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