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to use an ornithological term. Swallows dive through the air with mouths open, scooping up insects. Swallow legs are short and feet are small, just enough for the rare perching they do.

The Barn Swallow is not only the epitome of aerial grace, but is a very beautiful bird with its back of a splendid steel blue. Underparts are cinnamon-reddish with a deepening of color on the throat. There is also a patch of rich russet on the bird’s forehead. All this is set off by the long, two-part tail, a true swallow-tailed bird.

Like the fly-catching Phoebe, the Bam Swallow abandoned its traditional nesting place on cliff faces and in caves to build mud and straw nests in barns, sheds and, today,

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