house-swallow

Bent on loftier flights than such a poor house-swallow as a teacher in a

Miscellaneous Papers 2007

The swallows commonly found on the Nilgiris in summer are the Nilgiri house-swallow (_Hirundo javanica_) and the red-rumped or mosque swallow (_H. erythropygia_).

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The house-swallow has the rump glossy black, but it displays a good deal of red about the head and neck.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The house-swallow, or chimney-swallow, is undoubtedly the first comer of all the British _hirundines_; and appears in general on or about the 13th of April, as I have remarked from many years 'observation.

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II Various 1887

The ticking of the clock was so distinct that it made an echo in the high hall; the morning sun streamed across the pavement, from the cloistered garden the chirping of a few sparrows and the sharper twitter of the house-swallow that had already nested under the eaves sounded very clearly through the closed glass door.

The White Sister 1881

The material employed by him for this purpose is a kind of agglutinated mud, which he procures from the neighbouring watercourse or quagmire, and somewhat similar to that used by the common house-swallow for constructing _its_ peculiar nest.

The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Mayne Reid 1850

Dear Sir, -- The house-swallow, or chimney-swallow, is undoubtedly the first comer of all the British hirundines; and appears in general on or about 13th April, as I have remarked from many years 'observation.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756

The swift appears about ten or twelve days later than the house-swallow: viz., about the 24th or 26th April.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

I know to be wrong from repeated observation this summer; for house-martins do feed their young flying, though it must be acknowledged not so commonly as the house-swallow; and the feat is done in so quick a manner as not to be perceptible to indifferent observers.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

Perhaps, hereafter, I may be induced to take the house-swallow under consideration, and from that proceed to the rest of the British hirundines.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756