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... Swallow is about the size of a sparrow , its total length being 18 cm . It is a glistening steel blue above , and pinkish white below . Its forehead , throat and chin are chestnut . The white spots on wings , which are visible during ...
... Swallow is about the size of a sparrow , its total length being 18 cm . It is a glistening steel blue above , and pinkish white below . Its forehead , throat and chin are chestnut . The white spots on wings , which are visible during ...
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... swallow derived its Sanskrit name " Bhandika " , which means " the bird with an earthen pot " from its saucer shaped nest made of mud . Certain species of swallow dig their nests in the form of burrows in mud cliffs . Their breeding ...
... swallow derived its Sanskrit name " Bhandika " , which means " the bird with an earthen pot " from its saucer shaped nest made of mud . Certain species of swallow dig their nests in the form of burrows in mud cliffs . Their breeding ...
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... swallows are : ( i ) Wire - tailed Swallow ( Hirundo smithii ) , ( ii ) Indian Cliff Swallow ( Hirundo fluvicola ) , and ( iii ) Redrumped Swallow ( Hirundo daurica ) . The wire - tailed swallow is found in the Himalayan region upto ...
... swallows are : ( i ) Wire - tailed Swallow ( Hirundo smithii ) , ( ii ) Indian Cliff Swallow ( Hirundo fluvicola ) , and ( iii ) Redrumped Swallow ( Hirundo daurica ) . The wire - tailed swallow is found in the Himalayan region upto ...
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