THE BARN SWALLOW.

‘ue swift and busy Barn Swallow is
well-known to all who reside in the
country, and is a general favorite. Karly
in May, these birds begin to build against
a beam or rafter, usually in the barn.
The external portion of the nest is made
of pellets of mud, having fine hay mixed
with them, and rendered like a cement
by the saliva of the little workmen; the
lining is made of loosely arranged fea-
thers. The eggs are five, white, spotted
over with reddish-brown. The bai
swallows usually produce two broods in a
season. When the young are fledged,

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