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and is particularly numerous in pincrics having an undergrowth of oaks. It may be easily identitied, not alone by its color but by its unique call-notc—a clearly enunciated chicky-tucky-tuck. Its song bears a general resemblance to that of the Scarlet Tanager, but to my ear is much sweeter and less forced.

The, Lol‘lSIANA Taxman (6‘07. [liming/a luriOUim'ana), a species of our Western States, has been recorded from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York.

FAMILY HIRL‘NDINIDIE. SWALLOWS.

About eighty species of Swallows are known. They are distributed throughout the world. In their long, powerful wings and small, weak feet Swallows present an excellent illustration of the efiects of use and disuse. The greater part of their day is passed on the wing, and in alighting they select a perch which they can grasp with ease.

Fm. Bil—Barn Swallow. Cliff Swallow. Tree Swallow. Bank Swallow.

Swallows live almost exclusively upon insects, which they capture on the wing. their large mouths, as in the case of the Swifts and Goat- suckcrs. being especially adapted to this mode of feeding.

'l‘hcy nest both in pairs and colonies, and during their migrations associate in countless numbers at regularly frequented roosting places or migration stations, which are sometimes in trees, hilt HIOFB often in marshes, and to which they regularly return each night. They mi- grate. as far as known, entirely by day, their wonderful power of flight enabling them to escape the dangers which beset less rapid fliers.