barn swallow. 
1 
Tennespp^^'f? the States of Kentucky and 
the inoiitL„'°?^ to the Tennesee river, in 
individml /* , May, I did not see a single 
in s'otvio i”* -P®'-'’*'®; though the purple martin, 
Early ill AT **^** 1 ’ * swalloTv, was numerous. 
strL From the size 
E coini)l(it«L? if ■ the nest, it is nearly a week hefore it 
the aist nf f h**ished. tine of these nests, taken on 
•tttacbcd ii, ^ '® rafter to which it was closely 
hiverWa f -' ".'ff ^®*hrc me. It is in the form of 
BB that sia.. ®Bt>e, with a perpendicular section cut off 
it h‘ic >'liieh it adhered to the wood. At the 
’Bale or tl of the edge, or offset, for the 
‘•te dnnn.. occasionally, as ajipeared by 
tho®l’ • ’f “PP®’’ “'anicter was about six inches by 
'’oamed of externally seven inches. This shell is 
their ^ "lud, mixed with tine hay, as plasterers do 
niud “ake it adhere the better ; 
or lave,» to have been placed in regular strata, 
(the sbel'l ’f*® to side ; the hollow of this cone 
oiled with fi " hich is about an inch in thickness) is 
B handful of**** 'Y’ stuffed in ; above that is laid 
Bte live Inrge downy geese feathers; the eggs 
’■O'l'li.sh iiro ^*^‘'’ fPoyEcd, and spotted all over with 
Ihp prrrv. V +0 thc semitraiispareiicv of the 
"hole weiX t'Hge of ffesh colour. The 
They L "'"’"t two pounds. 
^’^t niXYlf tivo brood in the season. The 
diiiiA . - . ^^Ppearaiiee ulmnf +!»« e.Ay.yA.wi 
They nhoiit two pounds. 
’^t niake'tliY**?*^'**^^ ^ hrooo m me season, me 
'fBc; auji .1 oppcaraiice about the second week iu 
AtU,";* the last brood leave the nest about the 10th 
Bven thirH *”'^ * * ""t uncommon for tn enty, 
f"?y thi„l*2’ ’?“;*’ ** the same barn, yll 
. Bd aft'ection . aii ** t® he conducted with great order 
"Merest of pad. harmony among them, as if the 
Pten within a fo that of all. Several nests are 
BBce of discord ’uches of each other ; yet no appear- 
*"Jv‘j|^®Btionate cXminlffy^ ^‘‘*‘*** *** ‘‘*" 
""B® c'nthli*^ tlY.**^ ht to leave the nest, the old 
nr out by fluttering backwards and 
