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quick and powerful. The Barn Swallow 
builds its mud nest inside the barn on 
the cap log under the eaves, while the 
Eaves Swallow builds its nest outside, 
under the eaves. The Cliff Swallows 
make holesin banks. 
I will now close with a few lines from 
Bryant. 
THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS. 
“JT hear from many a little throa 
A warble interrupted long ; 
I hear the robin’s flute-like note, 
The bluebird’s slenderer song 
“‘O choir of Spring, why come so soon 
On leafless grass and herbless lawn ? 
Warm lie the yellow beams of noon, 
Yet Winter is not gone. 
“ For frost shall sheet the pools again, 
Again the blustering East shall blow, 
Whirl a white tempest through the glen 
And load the pines with snow.” 
