SPEED OF SWALLOWS
ovhr if; .milmb an Hunt TFHiN, Aug. 1. Experiments to compare tin* speed of a swallow with that of an aeroplane have been conducted iCfontly by ornithologists . atLan/.0. near here. As a result it- has been ascertained that the birds can fly at lU's.o miles an hour. 'Taking a mother from her nest, the experimenters put the swallow in a cage with aii identification tab on her Toot. One patty earned’ tin* bini by Oar for a distance estimated as 70 I'hiles in a direct line, while other oniitholopp ists -waited at the nest. The mother, having been released, returned to her young in Kit; minutes.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 239, 27 September 1939, Page 4
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109SPEED OF SWALLOWS Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 239, 27 September 1939, Page 4
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