_Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Case 6, Fig. 56_
With the general appearance of the Bank Swallow,
but slightly larger, grayer below, and with no
breast-band. L. 5-3/4.
_Range._ Nests from the Gulf States north to
Massachusetts and Minnesota: winters in the
tropics.
Washington, common S.R., Apl. 2-Sept. 3. Ossining,
common S.R., Apl. 17-Aug. 12. N. Ohio, common
S.R., Apl. 15-Sept. 20. SE. Minn., common S.R.,
Apl. 14-Aug. 26.
Least common of our Swallows. It nests in small colonies of about half a
dozen pairs, sometimes in holes, at others under bridges, crevices in
cliffs and similar situations. In the fall, it flocks with other species
of its family. Its 4-8 white eggs are laid the latter half of May.