_Chætura pelagica. Case 6. Fig. 42_
A near relative of the Hummingbird, not of
Swallows. Note the 'spine'-tipped tail-feathers.
_Range._ Eastern North America; winters in Central
America; reaches the Gulf States in March.
Washington, abundant S.R., Apl. 6-Oct. 27.
Ossining, common S.R., Apl. 19-Oct. 23. Cambridge,
abundant S.R., Apl. 25-Sept. 20. N. Ohio, abundant
S.R., Apl. 10-Oct. 20. Glen Ellyn, common S.R.,
Apl. 16-Sept. 29. SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl.
20-Sept. 18.
A twittering courser of evening skies who makes his home in our
chimneys. Here the bracket-like nest of dead twigs is attached to the
bricks by the bird's saliva, to be loosened, at times, after heavy rains
and fall to the fire-place below. In the fall great flocks roost in
chimneys, generally large ones, returning night after night.
The 4-6 white eggs are laid in May.