WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW. 
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later than the preceding species. It often 
ppjj^^ of an apartment in the boxes appro- 
bni|j I'l*® purple martin ; and also frequently 
*'st8 of*fi “atches in a hollovr tree. Tlie nest con- 
teathe *’^®*‘* *1'’.''' S>'ass, lined with large downy 
*'irl ’^'*'”8' above its surface, and so placed as to 
last ar *‘”‘1 completely conceal the eggs. These 
Thev *1 Ibur or five in number, and pure white. 
The*^ have two brood in the seiison. 
are m this species is low and guttural; they 
ll'®que'*t? t® quarrel than the barn swallows, 
at a fighting in the air for a quarter of an horn- 
Up a particularly in spriiig, all the while keeping 
but (J '\’^apid chatter. They also sail more in flying; 
8itu„.;'*‘'**'.8 the breeding season, frequent the same 
north .**'** quest of similar food. They iuhabit the 
" here^^T ^''*““tic Stales as far as the District of Maine, 
Gardo ^ myself seen them ; and my friend Mr 
of L informs me, that they are found on the coast 
'^i'ldle'^f l^**lnnd and its neighbourhood. About the 
sittioj^ 1 observed many hundreds of these birds 
E “ the flat sandy beach near the entrance of 
“lihonn. .^^I'llarbour. They were also very numerous 
’ini'crinir myrtles of these low islands, completely 
saw" of the bushes. One man told me, that 
Por so**^^ hundred and two shot at a single discharge. 
P’’*U<inOl^ before their departure, they subsist 
aii(} 1 ^ . V on the myrtle her ries {myrica cerifera,') 
®*Ptembe™** estremely fat. They leave us early in 
^i^hed *^*;I^**i‘i appears to have remained hitherto undes- 
It is not'"”? *he misapprehension before mentioned, 
rarel^**^.'"**’* ‘I'ht^® numerous as tbe preceding, 
any L- .“l^'mhates ivith it to breed, never using' mutl 
The wi ■*"' **’? construction of its nest. 
Quarters i” '“'*m‘h'cd swallmv is five inches and three 
^lack • twelve inches in extent ; bill .and eye, 
*”'C'vn Pm'.'^i*' a hgbt glossy greenish blue ; wings, 
^m'kcd th^^t ’ " ^'iffht reflections of green ; tail. 
Von’ jj ^ " ®itterior feathers being about a quarter 
