Painted

1912

Published

1930

Volume

10

Plate

615-615a

Northern Violetgreen Swallow

Tachycineta thalassina lepida

These beautiful birds have all the delightful mannerisms and habits of their eastern relatives.

BREEDING

NEST: built of grass and feather-lined; located in tree hollows or beneath house eaves.

EGGS: 4 to 5; pure white.

RANGE

From central Alaska, Yukon and southern Alberta south to northern Lower California and western Texas, east to western South Dakota and Nebraska.

San Lucas Swallow

Tachycineta thalassina brachyptera

BREEDING

Similar to Violetgreen Swallow.

RANGE

Southern half of Lower California.

Singleleaf Ash

Fraxinus anomala

A small tree up to 20 feet high, distributed in southwestern Colorado, southern Utah and southern Nevada.

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