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Identifier: birdsofwashingt00mayn (find matches)
Title: Birds of Washington and vicinity
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Maynard, Lucy (Warner), 1852-1936. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Woodward & Lothrop
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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m in their barnyards as protection topoultry—but he cannot endure the persecution of theSparrows. Dr. John R. Everhart, of West Chester,Pa., appreciating that his flock of chattering Martinswas rapidly diminishing before the advance of the PURPLE MARTIN 79 Sparrows, sonic few years ago erected in his yarda large pole with cross-pieces, from which he sus-pended, by brass wire chains, each about eighteeninches long, a number of boxes, in which the Mar-tins, also Wrens and Bluebirds, nest without anytrouble from their feathered enemy. The swayingmotion of these pendent boxes appears to frightenthe Sparrows, as not one has ever been observed toalight on or enter them. (Warren.) Besides the Martins cheerful twittering, he has aloud musical call cJwc-u, several times repeated, and acharming, liquid, warbling song; his flight is swiftand graceful, he devours quantities of insects, espe-cially mosquitoes, wasps, bees and beetles, and is alto-gether a most desirable neighbor. So BARN SWALLOW
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BARN SWALLOW. Barn Swallow: Hirundo erythrogastra. Length 7 inches; tail nearly half the length. Upper parts steel-blue; tail deeply forked, with whilespots. Throat and upper breast chestnut-red; a steel-blue collar;belly white. Resident (common) from April 1 to September; wintersin South America. His long, forked tail and chestnut breast identifythe Barn Swallow. Seen from below, the spots onthe tail show as a white band. EAVE SWALLOW 8l When not skimming through the air after insects,these swallows are likely to be seen perched in rowson telegraph wires, where They twitter and flutter and fold their wings; Perhaps they think that for them and their siresStretched always, on purpose, those wonderful strings. Barn swallows once built in caves, but now univer-sally in barns or old vacant dwellings. The nest isof mud and hay plastered against a rafter, and insideis good soft stuffing of hay and feathers. A perch-ing place is often built near, where the male roosts atnight, and to which

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