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To accompany a manual of bird study/Hirundinidae

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2479212To accompany a manual of bird study — Martins & Swallows (Hirundinidae)William Henry Carr


1. Purple Martin

Shining blue black wings and wings and tail duller

2. Eave or Cliff Swallow

Back and crown steel blue, forehead cream white, throat and sides
of the head chestnut, breast brownish gray, under parts whitish

3. Sandbank Swallow

Upper parts and band on breast brownish gray, throat and
under parts white

4. Barn Swallow

Upper parts dark blue, forehead, throat and breast reddish brown

5. Tree Swallow

Upper parts dark blue or green, throat and under parts white