📚 noun • entry_id 59504
purple martin
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golondrina purpúrea
The largest North American swallow, Progne subis.
The American purple martin (Progne purpurea) is a visitor to North America, where it arrives in February at New Orleans, and Boston towards the end of April.
This practice of harbouring and protecting the purple martin does not appear to be of European origin, as the aboriginal Americans had adopted a similar practice from time immemori…
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