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Barn swallow   /bɑrn swˈɑloʊ/   Listen
Barn swallow

noun
1.
Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc..  Synonyms: chimney swallow, Hirundo rustica.





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"Barn swallow" Quotes from Famous Books



... earlier or later just as some local or exceptional circumstance favors or hinders. It is only such birds as arrive after about the 20th of April that are at all "punctual" according to the almanac. I have never known the arrival of the barn swallow to vary much from that date in this latitude, no matter how early or late the season might be. Another punctual bird is the yellow redpoll warbler, the first of his class that appears. Year after year, between the 20th and the 25th, I am sure to see this little bird about ...
— A Year in the Fields • John Burroughs
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