| Notices Peculiar hooks on front edge of wing. 
Found—Temperate N. A. 
 Nest—Holes banks, rarely ics case 
 Eggs—3-6 white. 
Low murmuring warble. 
Northern Violet-green Swallow, 4%- Sua. 
M. Above rich bronze green, overlaid with — purple; 
F. duller. - 
Notice—Eye in white: fast white feathers show on 
rump; tuft of feathers on leg above hind-toe. 
Found—Western N. A. from eastern base of Rockies 
to the Pacific. 
Nest—Holes in trees, buildings, cliffs; grasses, feathers. 
Eggs—4-6 white. 
“A soft warbling gurgle.” 
Tree Swallow, 5- 614. 
Above glossy greenish, steel- blue; hee white; F. duller 
- Notice—Eye is in dark area. | 
. Found—N. A. 
Nests—Holes in trees, buildings; grasses, feathers, 
Eggs—3-6 white. 
“Constant warbling twitter.” 
Vaux Swift, about 4%. 
Above sooty brown; below gray. 
Notice—Lighter on chin, throat, and. rump. 
Found—Pacific coast states and B. C. 
_ Nest—Hollow trees; twigs and saliva. 
Eggs—4- -6 white. : 
‘Rapid, repeated “ss-t.” 
8. Red or Brownish-red in Plumage. 
Northwestern Red-wing Blackbird. 
See Birds often seen about water, 
- Western Bluebird. 
See Birds with Blue in Plumage. 
Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 442-5. 
Back, sides, and flanks chestnut; ‘gray wings and tail; 
lower parts white. 
~Notice—Sooty brown cap ha in. separated by white 
3 space; with black stripe through eye. 
-Found—Pacific Coast region from Alaska to Gslifornia: 
- east into Montana in coniferous forests. 
Nest—Holes of trees, soft collection. 
Eggs—T-9 white, dotted. a 
Wiry “skiss-a-dee” in tops of trees. a 
oe Pe Finch, 6- 614. 
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