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Chimney swallow   /tʃˈɪmni swˈɑloʊ/   Listen
Chimney swallow

noun
1.
American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys.  Synonyms: Chateura pelagica, chimney swift.
2.
Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc..  Synonyms: barn swallow, Hirundo rustica.






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"Chimney swallow" Quotes from Famous Books



... assertion as to their place or mode of building. Ground-builders often get up into a bush, and tree-builders sometimes get upon the ground or into a tussock of grass. The song sparrow, which is a ground builder, has been known to build in the knothole of a fence rail; and a chimney swallow once got tired of soot and smoke, and fastened its nest on a rafter in a hay barn. A friend tells me of a pair of barn swallow which, taking a fanciful turn, saddled their nest in the loop of a rope that was ...
— Wake-Robin • John Burroughs



Words linked to "Chimney swallow" :   chimney swift, Hirundo, swallow, Chateura pelagica, genus Chateura, swift, Chateura, barn swallow, genus Hirundo



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