Violet-green swallows (Tachycineta thalassina) and sand martins (Riparia riparia). Illustration from John James Audubon's 'Birds of America', original


Violet-green swallows (Tachycineta thalassina) and sand martins (Riparia riparia). Illustration from John James Audubon's 'Birds of America', original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint.


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