Posted by Robert Thompson on June 11, 2003 at 18:03:10 from 212.229.58.245 user robert.
In Reply to: Re: Hirundo, was Robert's boat posted by Jonathan Labaree on June 11, 2003 at 16:01:12:
Thanks to Jonathan for answering Andy's question to me about French swallows (Hirondelles). I am no expert whatsoever regarding birds, but it does appear from my French dictionary that "hirondelle" is used for both the swallow and martin families, but not the swift. I found an interesting French website here which compares different European countries' names for the different members of the swallow/martin family.