| 单词 | chimney swallow |
| 例句 | The observant Zuñis have incorporated this in one of their pretty proverbs, “When chimney swallows circle and call they speak of rain.” Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Plenty of people persist in calling them chimney swallows, which is precisely what they are not. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Slipping down the marble staircase in her gray evening gown, Ruth Drew felt like a chimney swallow amid an assemblage of brilliant, gaily colored birds. The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z This is in regard to the chimney swallows. The Jonathan Papers Why, a little bird, a chimney swallow, chirping and fluttering, poor thing, with fright. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Ten thousand domesticated chimney swallows, nine ugly black turkey buzzards, eight screeching owls, etc. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Then she went out to the kitchen, and there was a gay chattering, as if a colony of chimney swallows had met on a May morning. A Little Girl in Old Boston How the chimney swallows chipper as they sweep past! The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Jonathan," I said, "we did not come to the farm to train chimney swallows. The Jonathan Papers Water-bugs dart backward and forward above the heads of the chimney swallows; and willow-trees seem drooping with shame, because they can not reach so high as the reeds near by. New National Fourth Reader Among these are the common barn and chimney swallows, crows, ravens, magpies, thrushes, plover, ptarmigan, and a kind of grouse known to the Russians as "teteref." Tent Life in Siberia After an hour or so I woke, hearing a little gazouillement, like that of chimney swallows. Letters from the Cape The chimney swallows leave us early, for example, apparently so soon as their latest fledglings are firm enough of wing to attempt the long rowing-match that is before them. My Garden Acquaintance "But you wouldn't have an old house without chimney swallows!" he remonstrated in tones of real pain. The Jonathan Papers Water bugs dart backward and forward above the heads of the chimney swallows, and willow trees seem drooping with shame, because they cannot reach as high as the reeds nearby. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates When I saw the last chimney swallow, November 30, they went by to their sleeping-trees about three o'clock in the afternoon—a long night, a short day for them. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies The chimney swallow nested in hollow trees, and, perhaps, occasionally resorts thither yet. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers The chimney swallows, or swifts, are not far behind, and remain here in large numbers, the whole season. Wake-Robin I knew a boy who began his school composition on swallows by saying there were two kinds of swallows,—chimney swallows and swallows. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers |
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