50 BIRDS OF P. F. ISLAND.

('lliimney $111M.

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This bird, though popularly called “Swallow,” is very distinct from the ordinary Swallows. Its sooty-black color, sharp, quickly vibrating wings, and very short tail mark it distinctly, wherever seen coursing the summer blue. When the country was in wilderness, these birds built in the hollows of trees, hundreds sometimes occupying one hol— low trunk, and going to and from their resort in a black stream. 'l‘he nest, now ordinarily placed in chimneys, is built of twigs fastened to- gether by the gelatinous saliva of the birds; it

contains four or five pure white eggs. M‘A—

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Our Humtning- bird is the Ruby » throated (Troa/zz'lzzs roll/brat), the only one that wanders so far from the floral riches of the tropics. Its upper parts are golden—green, sides green, a metallic

gorget on its throat reflecting rich ruby red,