_Riparia riparia. Case 6. Fig. 54_
Note the small size, dull plumage, and
breast-band. L. 5-1/4.
_Range._ A native of the Old World as well as of
the New. In North America nesting from Louisiana
and Virginia nearly to the Arctic Circle; winters
in the tropics.
Washington, common S.R., more common T.V., Apl.
13-Sept. 19. Ossining, common S.R., Apl. 18-Oct.
1. Cambridge, formerly common S.R., Apl. 28-Sept.
1; common T.V. N. Ohio, common S.R., Apl. 6-Sept.
20. Glen Ellyn, fairly common T.V.; a few S.R.,
Apl. 22-Sept. 3. SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl.
10-Sept. 25.
The Bank Swallow is a bird of the air who tunnels the earth for a
nesting-place. Where river or road has left a bank, its face may be
dotted with the entrances to the Bank Swallow's dwellings. At the end of
two or three feet the nest of grass and feathers is placed, fit
receptacle for the pearl-white eggs, which are usually laid the latter
half of May.
During the migrations the Bank Swallow travels with other members of its
family, sharing their roost in the marshes by night and their wayside
perch by day.