Another reason for lingering near water is, that winged insects fly about wet places later in the season than they do in dry ones." "But you have left out the Chimney Swallow," said Nat; "and there are plenty of them all about everywhere." "I have not left him out.

Have you forgotten that he does not belong to the Swallow family?
Though he looks like a Swallow and flies like one, the Wise Men know that he is not a song bird, and have put him where he belongs--with the Birds that Croak and Call, next to the Hummingbird and Nighthawk.

They call him the Chimney Swift, because he flies so fast, and you must always give him his right name.
"If you write very carefully in your little books the description of our four common Swallows, you will not find it difficult to name them when you see them.

We will begin with the largest--the Purple Martin." "Why is it called 'Martin' ?" asked Rap.

"Did somebody named Martin find it, as Mr.Wilson found the Thrush they named after him ?" "No, my boy, the name comes from a Latin word, meaning 'warlike' or 'martial,' because in the Old World certain Swallows there called Martins were considered good fighters, and very brave in driving away Hawks and other cannibal birds.