Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 123
d upward, from a sudden impulse, contemptuouslysaluted the abandoned nest with its excrement. Though generally regular in their habits and instincts,yet the birds sometimes seem as whimsical and capri-cious as superiorbeings. One is notsafe, for instance, inmaking any absoluteassertion asto… … Barn Swallow and Nest Birds Nests 101 build in the knot-hole of a fence rail, and a chimneyswallow once got tired of soot and smoke, and fastenedits nest on a rafter in a hay barn. A friend tells me ofa pair of barn swallows which, taking a fanciful turn,saddled their nest in the loop of a rope…
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