Lexic.us

Definition of Cliff swallow

1. Noun. North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliff Swallow

Literary usage of Cliff swallow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"cliff swallow. Tree Swallow. ... weak-footed birds in their construction, and comparison of the mud dwelling of the cliff swallow with the tunnelled home of ..."

2. Public School Methods (1921)
"(d) cliff swallow. The cliff swallow is a mason. High up on an over-hanging cliff we see his gourd-shaped nest made of pellets of mud with a few bits of ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1904)
"Mr. Ridgway has called my attention to certain differences characterizing the cliff swallow of southwestern Texas, which differences seem to warrant its ..."

4. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"They are nearly always associated with the cliff swallow, here likewise particularly numerous. Their flight and habits are also similar, but their twitter ..."

5. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"... sing when eight weeks old, though, of course, their song is only a low warble as compared with the finished song of the adult. 612. cliff swallow. ..."

6. The Architecture of Birds by James Rennie (1833)
"This is not the case, however, with an American species of which Charles Bonaparte has given an interesting history. The .cliff-swallow (Hirundo fulva, ..."

7. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... in others more or less evenly scattered over the surface, and they are to all intents and purposes indistinguishable from the eggs of the cliff swallow. ..."

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