fulvous, or cliff swallow. 
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This 
c °ntinuaUv' V<! l dl d * s > bb° its congeners, almost 
insects y"’|, ■! *' tae w * n i?; an< i feeds on flies and other 
n °te is'difK.' B Perform i n g- its aerial evolutions. Its 
. •' Hot from that of other swallows, and may 
he well im\ ent from ,h; ‘« 
inthflr^.^nahhi 
in the neck a J. uu . IJ f ’rubbing a moistened cork around 
from the if 0 ,/ 1 w , °\ ii |e species arrive in the west 
to construct o * ear v in April, and immediately begin 
hy their "V 1 symmetrical nests, which are perfected 
°fdaythev and industrious efforts. At the dawn 
nc cessarv , n , C °, n i mpuce their labours, hy collecting the 
a, ijacent n. !' t ' )e borders of the river or ponds 
•aid-day,’ •ivL,,,, persevere in their work until near 
a nui.se the * 
‘“sects. See. 
-Hay v v i >u cneir 
nmu.s e ' then ' 11 ' ^ r, ‘b m |uish it for some hours, and 
insects, & c mS ^ Ves by sporting in the air, pursuing 
firmness it • soon as the nest acquires the requisite 
deposit he,. ls completed, and the female be gins to 
a°««d with J5i.:\ hich are i° ur in number, white, 
friable, am . ; - v brown. The nests are extremely 
assemble, | i , . re adily crumble to pieces: they are 
birds select" com ™ uu ities. In unsettled countries these 
lodge of ,. .u sheltered situation, under a ])rojecting 
?fready evii i aud ’ iu civilized districts, they have 
by huildil, ” Ced a Predilection for the abodes of man, 
Under tin. ” a £ ainst the walls of houses, immediately 
fr'e least °i the r °ot> though they have not iu 
from the i" !'" a< their style of architecture. A nest 
nnmisphericnl 'c Sl ! lla, '° 11 ' s now liefore me ; it is 
?i attach lve "'dies wide at its truncated place 
niches an ,i n 1 le wall, from which it projects six 
and clay I:, P ? nSls !? exclusively of a mixture of sand 
Ueglim.n’n .. ,■ on , e „ lnsl de with straw and dried grass, 
' The 
* e glige n flr r V ™ Wltn ®rraw and dried a 
xfi S£rsi £ »“ *• 
°i the varion- i m! ace .. ,s roughened by the projection 
Su bstanee mi d, e P e ets of earth which compose its 
Projecting 1 V e . entrance is near the top, rounded, 
Uiay be!’ and t ? rmn & downward, so that the nest 
the side tonipared to a chemist’s retort., flattened on 
of the IJPbed to the wall, and with the principal part 
So ° k broken off. 
V0L 8 n eat is the industry of these interesting little 
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