. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . cinity of water, but even this selection is ratherto be attributed to the accidental circumstance that perpendicularcliffs often have rivers running at their base, than to any decidedpreference shown by the bird for such situations. Railway cuttingscarried through a sandy district offer, perhaps, equal attraction;and it is probable that a majority of the colonies planted within thelast twenty years overlook, not the silent highway of the river, butthe unromantic parallel bars of iron which have enabled man to viealmost with the Swallow in rapi
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. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . cinity of water, but even this selection is ratherto be attributed to the accidental circumstance that perpendicularcliffs often have rivers running at their base, than to any decidedpreference shown by the bird for such situations. Railway cuttingscarried through a sandy district offer, perhaps, equal attraction;and it is probable that a majority of the colonies planted within thelast twenty years overlook, not the silent highway of the river, butthe unromantic parallel bars of iron which have enabled man to viealmost with the Swallow in rapidity of flight. The word coloniesis applicable to few British birds besides the Sand Martin. Othersof the tribe not unfrequently construct their nests in close proximitywith each other, and, when thus associated, are most neighbourly—hunting in society, sporting together, and making commoncause against an intrusive Hawk ; but stiU this is no more than afortuitous coming together. It so happens that a certain district offers good hunting-ground, .