ruddy-throated

Updated: January 15, 2026

They should crowd the sky together with the ruddy-throated chimney-swallows, and the great swifts; but though it is hay-time and the apples are set, yet eight eave-swallows is the largest number I have counted in one afternoon. They did not come at all in the spring.

Richard Jefferies - Field and Hedgerow : Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies