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SWALLOW - LoveToKnow Article on SWALLOW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | The species scarcely needs description: the sooty fl of its general plumage is relieved by the snowy white of its flight-feathers and its coral-like bill banded with ivory. |
 | | The Cygninae admittedly form a well-defined group of the family Anatidae, and there is now no doubt as to its limits, except in the case of the Coscoroba above mentioned. |
 | | This bird would seem to be, as is so often found in members of the South American fauna, a more generalized form, presenting several characteristics of the Anatinae, while the rest, even its fl-necked compatriot and the almost wholly fl swan of Australia, have a higher morphological rank. |
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