_Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons. Case 6, Fig. 55_
The rusty rump is distinctive. L. 6.
_Range._ Nests locally from Georgia to Canada;
winters in the tropics.
Washington, rare S.R., Apl. 10-Sept.--? Ossining,
common S.R., May 1-Sept. 12. Cambridge, S.R., much
less than formerly. Apl. 28-Aug. 25. N. Ohio,
tolerably common S.R., Apl. 6-Sept. 25. Glen
Ellyn, not common, local S.R., Apl. 25-Sept. 16.
SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl. 13-Sept. 12.
Cliff Swallow it is in the West, but "Eave" Swallow it should be in the
East where the rows of flask-shaped mud nests cluster thick beneath
projecting roofs. They prefer unpainted buildings and the modern barn
rarely knows them. The white, brown-spotted eggs are laid in the latter
half of May.