Oiseau de passage, qui apparaît au printemps, qui fait son nid dans les cheminées, sous les combles, etc., et qu'on ne voit plus en hiver.
Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations.
Any bird of the family Hirundinidae of small, insect-eating birds in the order Passeriformes, with long, narrow wings and deeply forked tails. Swallows feed while flying.
Species include the barn swallow Hirundo rustica and the purple martin Progne subis.