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Definition of Hirundo nigricans
1. Noun. Of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities.
Generic synonyms: Swallow
Group relationships: Genus Hirundo, Hirundo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirundo Nigricans
Literary usage of Hirundo nigricans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea by British museum. (Natural history) Dept. of zoology, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1859)
"hirundo nigricans. hirundo nigricans, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p.
523 ; Voy. Astrol. t. 12. f. 2. Collocalia arborea, Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pl. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"hirundo nigricans or Petrochelidon nigricans presents few features of coloration
to distinguish it from the various forms of swallows of different ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1885)
"Dobbo, Arn Islands. Voy. HMS ' Challenger.' Subsp. a. Petrochelidon timoriensis.
hirundo nigricans (nee V.\ Wall. PZS 1863, p. 486. Adult male. ..."
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