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	Swift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The swifts are birds superficially similar to swallows but are completely unrelated to those passerine species; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they formerly shared with the hummingbirds.
		The resemblances between the swifts and swallows are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles based on catching insects in flight.
		Swifts are the most aerial of birds and some, like the Common Swift, even sleep and mate on the wing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swift (322 words)

	Alpine Swift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alpine Swift (Apus melba) is a small bird, superficially similar to a large Barn Swallow or House Martin.
		Alpine Swifts breed in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalaya.
		Alpine Swifts spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alpine_Swift (353 words)

	Common Swift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Swifts will occasionally live in forests, but they have adapted more commonly to human sites and will build their nests in all suitable hollows in buildings, under window sills, in the corner rafters of wooden buildings, in chimneys, and in smokestacks.
		Common Swifts are 16-17 cm long and entirely flish-brown except for a small white or pale grey patch on their chins which is not visible from a distance.
		The heraldic bird known as the "martlet", which is represented without feet, may have been based on the swift, but is generally assumed to refer to the House Martin; it was used for the arms of younger sons, perhaps because it symbolized their landless wandering.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Swift (374 words)

	Common Swift: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Common Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Common Swift (Apus apus) is a small bird, superficially similar to the swallow or house martin.
		The heraldic bird known as the "martlet[?]", which is represented without feet and may have been based on the swift, was used for the arms of younger sons, perhaps because it symbolized their landless wandering.
		Swifts will occasionally live in forests, but they have adapted more commonly to human sites and will build their nests under window sills, in the corner rafters of wooden buildings, in chimneys, and in smokestacks.
	www.encyclopedian.com /co/Common-Swift.html (368 words)

	SWIFT - Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		swift; akin to sw[=a]pan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf.
		Note: The common European swift ({Cypselus, or Micropus, apus}) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams.
		The European Alpine swift ({Cypselus melba}) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/swift (377 words)

	Alpine Swift -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Alpine Swift (Apus melba) is a small (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) bird, superficially similar to a large (Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.) Barn Swallow or (Common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses) House Martin.
		Alpine Swifts breed in mountains from southern (The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles) Europe to the (Click link for more info and facts about Himalaya) Himalaya.
		Swifts remain in that order, but (Tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight) hummingbirds are put into a new order, Trochiliformes.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Al/Alpine_Swift.htm (538 words)

	Common Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Common Swift (Apus apus) is a small bird, superficiallysimilar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin.
		Swifts will occasionally live in forests, but they have adapted more commonly to human sites and will build their nests under windowsills, in the corner rafters of wooden buildings, in chimneys, and in smokestacks.
		The heraldic bird known as the " martlet ", which is represented without feet and mayhave been based on the swift, but is generally assumed to refer to the HouseMartin, was used for the arms of younger sons, perhaps because it symbolized their landless wandering.
	www.therfcc.org /common-swift-276830.html (358 words)

	Dutch Birding - Alpine Swift at Wageningen in November-December 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On 8 November 2002, an Alpine Swift [Apus melba] was discovered at inland Wageningen, Gelderland, the Netherlands, and stayed until 4 December 2002, when it was taken into care because of its poor condition.
		During its stay, the Alpine Swift was feeding around the Wageningen hillside or riverbeds and in the evening the bird was roosting in the window opening of a high factory building in the Wageningen harbour.
		This was the 40th record (and 41st individual) of Alpine Swift for the Netherlands.
	www.eurobirding.com /birdingmagazines/artinfo.php?id=7053 (272 words)

	Knowledge King - Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The swifts are the most aerial of birds, some, like the Common Swift even sleeping on the wing.
		They are superficially similar to swallows but are completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with the hummingbirds.
		The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles based on catching insects in flight.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/s/sw/swift_1.html (222 words)

	What's Cheeping In Your Chimney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Swifts are only about five inches long and weigh less than one ounce, but their wingspan reaches up to 12 inches.
		The swift's bill is tiny, but its mouth is wide and extends to the eyes, serving as a basket for scooping small prey from the air.
		If chimney swifts are using your chimney and you do not want them there, wait for them to complete their nesting season and install a chimney cap during the winter-before April- to prevent future nests.
	www.conservation.state.mo.us /conmag/2001/06/50.htm (2190 words)

	Swift
		Suddenly she realized that they were inside the vineyard walls, for fragrance assailed her nostrils, fragrance of ripened grapes, of grapes crushed under foot as the swift pickers went snipping the full purple bunches with their shears.
		Father Jean would steal a swift glance at her from under his shaggy eyebrows and fall into a silence.
		That was the essential thing about him as regards his relations with his fellow-traveller, though, when next morning the spires of Cologne and the swift river of his Fatherland came into sight, he burst out into a sort of rhapsody of patriotism that mockingly covered a great sincerity.
	www.cooldictionary.com /?word=Swift (423 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alpine-Swift
		Binomial name Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Swift (Apus apus) is a small bird, superficially similar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin.
		Binomial name Apus affinis (Gray,JE, 1830) The Little Swift (Apus affinis), or House Swift, is a small bird, superficially similar to a Barn Swallow or House Martin.
		The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a radical new approach to bird taxonomy based on DNA studies which gives an arrangement differing greatly from the more traditional approach used in list of birds.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alpine_Swift (841 words)

	Pallid Swift -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus) is a small (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) bird, superficially similar to a (Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.) Barn Swallow or (Common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses) House Martin.
		Swifts have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces.
		Pallid Swifts breed on cliffs and eaves around the (The largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia) Mediterranean and on the (A group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces) Canary Islands and (Amber-colored dessert wine from Madeira) Madeira, laying two eggs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pa/Pallid_Swift.htm (450 words)

	The Swift
		period is over, the young swifts are strong enough to fly from the nest and begin to catch their own food.
		swifts closely resemble swallows and martins, they are not related to either species.
		The chimney swift, a close cousin of the eurasian swift, is classified under the genus and species of Chaetura
	www.no-pest.com /Swift.htm (563 words)

	Pallid Swift - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pallid Swifts breed on cliffs and eaves around the Mediterranean and on the Canary_Islands and Madeira, laying two eggs.
		It is entirely dark except for a slightly larger white throat patch on their chins which is not visible from a distance.
		It is chunkier than Common Swift, and the slightly paler flight feathers, underparts and rump give more contrast than that species.
	www.indexsuche.com /Pallid_Swift.html (273 words)

	Encyclopedia: Needletail Swift
		The White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), or Needle-tailed Swift, is a large swift.
		The White-throated Needletail is a large bird, similar in size to Alpine Swift, but a quite different build, with a heavier barrel-like body.
		The Hirundapus needletailed swifts get their name from the spiny end to the tail, which is not forked as in the Apus typical swifts.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Needletail-Swift (239 words)

	Alpine Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Alpine Swift (Apus melba) is a small bird, superficiallysimilar to a large Barn Swallow or House Martin.
		It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes.The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles.
		This species, and the related African species Mottled Swift, are sometimes separated into the genus Tachymarptis, but genetic evidencesuggests that this would leave the remainder of Apus as polyphyletic.
	www.therfcc.org /alpine-swift-276832.html (333 words)

	Alpine Swift Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alpine Swift will work with you to develop a customized web site to meet your business objectives.
		Alpine Swift will provide the IT expertise to manage the ever changing technologies for you.
		Alpine Swift can configure your internet connectivity, and set up your internet presence with your own domain name, email address and web secure access to your network.
	www.alpineswift.com /services.html (367 words)

	swift mnt. summit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Consists of a bulldozer trail through subalpine fir and pine forests to the timberline on an unnamed ridge between Swift Creek and Crooked Creek in the Rocky Mountains overlooking the Rocky Mountain Trench.
		The fireguard was built in 1994 when a forest fire up Swift Creek began to look as if it might threaten the town of Valemount.
		Park at a landing at the top of the road (or sooner) and find the fireguard going up the slope at the same point where the road enters the top landing.
	www.valemount.com /trailsandattractions/swift%20mnt%20summit.htm (247 words)

	Define Swift : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Micropus apus) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams.
		It is called also fl martin, fl swift, hawk swallow, devil bird, swingdevil, screech martin, and shriek owl.
		Swift -- U.S. County in Minnesota Population (2000): 11956 Housing Units (2000): 4821 Land area (2000): 743.529891 sq.
	www.indictionary.com /define/Swift (1051 words)

	Alpine Swift - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Alpine Swift - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 17:02, 25 May 2005.
		The article about Alpine Swift contains information related to Alpine Swift and Taxonomy.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Alpine_Swift (374 words)

	Tatet - alpine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Classic kiwi country style hotel set amidst stunning alpine scenery 35 mins scenic drive from Queenstown with ensuite accommodation and backpackers cottage, restaurant, bar and conference facilities.
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	tatet.com /search-alpine.html (640 words)

	Swifts in Hampshire
		Common Swifts are described in Birds of Hampshire as a numerous summer visitor and passage migrant.
		The first birds are usually seen in mid or late April and there is a very abrupt decline in numbers early in August with most birds gone by the end of the month.
		Subject to acceptance an Alpine Swift was in the Winchester/Upper Itchen area on 19/20 March 2004
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /birdsofhants/species/swifts.htm (236 words)

	BMU - Press : Swift implementation of the Alpine Convention targeted
		The member states of the Alpine Convention will meet on 29 September in the Bavarian town of Reichenhall for three-day talks.
		The Alpine Convention is the world's first internationally binding convention on the protection of a mountain region.
		All eight of the Alpine countries (Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Monaco, Italy and Slovenia) are parties to the
	www.bmu.de /english/press/pm/4743.php (164 words)

	DEE UNIL - Publications
		Female-biased mortality in experimentally parasitized Alpine swift (Apus melba).
		Parasitism, compensatory growth and bilateral asymmetry of wing feathers in Alpine swift (Apus melba) nestlings.
		Parasites cause Alpine swift offspring to seek adoption.
	www.unil.ch /dee/page9098_fr.html (799 words)

	Alpine Swift Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	may02
		Of these ten Swift species, the Common Swift has the most extensive range and is the only one normally found on the British Isles where it breeds every year, although some of the others have been known to occur there as rare and occasional strays.
		The Common Swift once nested on craigs and sea cliffs and in caves, hollow trees and nest holes made by other species, now it largely nests on the ledges of buildings and in their architectural niches.
		Instead, if they were referencing any Swift at all, it had to have been their Common Swift.
	www.geocities.com /adelasalem/may02.htm (1352 words)

	McKirdy meadows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At a low point in the trail not long after reaching the first alpine meadow there is a sign and trail leading off to the left, this will take you to the YORA Swift Creek alpine cabin.
		There are beautiful alpine meadows as well as several other trails leading to and from this alpine area.
		Turn left at the first road and follow this watching out for signs indicating Swift Mountain forestry rd. Take this rd upwards to the right past the local TV towers which should be on you left.
	www.valemount.com /trailsandattractions/McKirdy%20meadows.htm (315 words)

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