purple martin

How to use purple martin in a sentence

• The nesting site of the purple martin has likewise been changed in a most radical fashion.

  The Bird Study Book | Thomas Gilbert Pearson

• Not even the little house wren has adapted itself so quickly to civilised men's homes, as the swift and purple martin.

  Birds Every Child Should Know | Neltje Blanchan

• The purple martin belongs to this family; it is common in the South but rare in the Northern States.

  Endurance Test | Alan Douglas

• Among swallows, the beautiful and graceful purple martin is most worthy of protection.

  Checking the Waste | Mary Huston Gregory

• The bank swallow also lays white eggs, as does the chimney swallow, the white-bellied swallow, and the purple martin.

  Riverby | John Burroughs