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Definition of Bank swallow
1. Noun. Swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks.
Generic synonyms: Martin
Group relationships: Genus Riparia, Riparia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bank Swallow
Literary usage of Bank swallow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"... the back as in the male, the rump greyish-brown; lower parts white, anteriorly
tinged with grey. Male, 4||, wing 4T\. bank swallow OR SAND MARTIN. ..."
2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"bank swallow. /,'.>!.•.'<« riparia. Range.—Whole of North America, ... Their eggs
are like those of the bank swallow but average a trifle larger; ..."
3. Masterpieces of Murder: An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader by Edmund Lester Pearson, Gerald Gross (1876)
"The bank swallow is an early Spring arrival, appearing in Ohio ahoi ... The Bank
Swallow is social in disposition, breeding and associating in large flocks. ..."
4. American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington (1831)
"The bank swallow arrives here earlier than either of the preceding; begins to
build in April, and has commonly two brood in the season. ..."
5. The Architecture of Birds by James Rennie (1833)
"Our readers who have followed the preceding details will readily agree with us,
that it is an unproved and improbable fancy, that the bank-swallow ..."
6. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"THE BANK-SWALLOW. The form of the nest built by the halcyon reminds me also of
the instinctive cleverness displayed by other birds; and, indeed, ..."
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