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Extract of a letter, regarding swallows in winter from Armand Dubourdieu

Reference number: CLP/15i/54

Date: 21 September 1697

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Dubourdieu describes the way in which swallows (Hirundinidae) 'drown' during the winter, remaining in the water until spring. He describes how the birds rest together in the water, one on top of another.

Subject: Zoology / Ornithology / Natural history

Written by Dubourdieu in Stockholm

Read to the Royal Society on 27 October 1697

Reference number
CLP/15i/54
Earliest possible date
21 September 1697
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Extract of a letter, regarding swallows in winter from Armand Dubourdieu, 21 September 1697, CLP/15i/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_54/extract-of-a-letter-regarding-swallows-in-winter-from-armand-dubourdieu, accessed on 10 July 2026

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