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Two notable works on swifts are Richard B. Fischer, The Breeding Biology of the Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus) (1958), a thorough and excellently illustrated single-species study of a New World swift; and David Lack, Swifts in a Tower (1956, reprinted 1973), a popular summary based on numerous scattered scientific papers on Apus apus. Crawford H. Greenewalt, Hummingbirds (1960, reprinted 1990), is a beautifully illustrated popular book, with emphasis on the physics of plumage iridescence and of hummingbird flight. Eugène Simon, Histoire naturelle des “Trochilidæ” (Synopsis et catalogue) (1921), is the basis of a standard classification of hummingbirds, with detailed descriptions, keys, and nomenclatorial synonymies.
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Senior Curator of Birds, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Author of numerous articles on the biology and systematics of birds.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: Animal Diversity Web - Order Apodiformes. | May 20, 2020 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Birding.in - Apodiformes. | Oct 03, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Order Apodiformes. | May 30, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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