Except when nesting, swifts spend their lives in the air, living on the insects caught in flight; they drink, feed, and often mate and sleep on the wing. [8] Some individuals go 10 months without landing. [4] No other bird spends as much of its life in flight. Contrary to common belief, swifts can take flight from level ground. [10] Their maximum horizontal flying speed is 111.6km/h (69.3mph) [11] Over a lifetime they can cover millions of kilometers. [12] Death of Australian Brewer". The Canberra Times. 19 June 1945. p.2 . Retrieved 13 August 2018– via National Library of Australia. a b "Swifts (The) – Full LEP listing – Description in Further Comments". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage . Retrieved 12 August 2018.

Lucas, Clive (1994). Swifts, Darling Point Road, Darling Point, Sydney, Conservation Analysis and Conservation Guidelines Final Report. Stapleton & Partners. Our heroine is Shenanigan Swift, whose family has attempted to distinguish itself by naming its children after words they are expected to live up to. a b c d Chancellor, Jonathan (2008). "Coe takes the prize with Ritossa Sale' in "Title Deeds" ". The Sydney Morning Herald. Young nesting swifts are able to survive for a few days without food by dropping their body temperature and metabolic rate, entering a torpid state.The work begins now of developing a Masterplan for Dowth. We will approach this with a keen sense of responsibility, ambition and excitement, knowing that this is a remarkable opportunity for Ireland’s heritage to play a lead role in the regional economy and in place-making for the east of the country,” said Niall O Donnchu, Director General of National Parks and Wildlife Service. The restoration of Swifts, undertaken with NSW Heritage Council's approval, emphasised the original 1870s Tooth-period of ownership over the later Resch family era. This was due in part to the high rate of survival of evidence for the decorative paint finishes under the twentieth century accretions and the photographic record of the principal rooms made around 1900. The house has become a form of homage to both High Victorian good taste and Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth. [67] A Daring Burglary". Evening News. No.8922. New South Wales, Australia. 8 January 1896. p.6 . Retrieved 23 May 2019– via National Library of Australia. The Millionaire Homes of New South Wales". Smith's Weekly. New South Wales, Australia. 7 January 1928. p.3 . Retrieved 13 August 2018– via National Library of Australia.

Swifts occur on all the continents except Antarctica, but not in the far north, in large deserts, or on many oceanic islands. [14] The swifts of temperate regions are strongly migratory and winter in the tropics. Some species can survive short periods of cold weather by entering torpor, a state similar to hibernation. [13] Jak już wróciłam do lektury, to wyjątkowo mnie zaskoczyła, swoim wyjątkowym poczuciem humoru. Czasami nawet makabrycznym niczym z rodziny Adamsów! Swifts', Darling Point Road, Darling Point". www.ohta.org.au. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016 . Retrieved 16 December 2016.On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. Swifts is significant as a unique Australian translation of a Gothic or Old English style upper-middle class country house of the late nineteenth century picturesquely perched at the tip of Darling Point on Sydney Harbour. The house is impressive for its scale and use of sandstone masonry in the Gothic or Old English style of architecture, planning and decorative embellishments and is one of the grandest castellated mansions in New South Wales. Moreover, Swifts is of both New South Wales State and Australian heritage significance, as apart from Government House, Sydney, it is the largest remaining Victorian Gothic Revival house in Australia. There is considerable diversity of the decorative styles used in the respective rooms, with the ballroom and its hallway being the work of Lyon, Cottier & Co., Sydney (the leading firm of art decorators in the last quarter of the nineteenth century). The Moorish smoking room (opium den), the upper hall and the vestibule walls and ceiling are also their work – and most likely some of the other rooms. It is also likely that John Clay Beeler, an American trained art decorator then working in Sydney, who went on to decorate the interior of Melbourne's International Exhibition building for the 1888 Centenary, undertook work in the interior decoration. The copy of Guido Reni's Aurora in the sopraporte is believed to be the work of the Italian decorator in Sydney Signor Lorenzini, who regarded Reni as a master Italian artist from the early seventeenth century. Woollahra Rest Centres". The Sun. Sydney. 6 October 1942. p.4 . Retrieved 13 August 2018– via National Library of Australia. Well, this is about as much fun as a novel can be. There are some who might say this is an illustrated story written for middle-graders, but I think that can only be folks who have gotten old & boring & lost their sense of imaginative joy. So no matter what age you are, you should spend a little time with the Swift family. Country Families United By Wedding at Orange". Labor Daily. New South Wales, Australia. 12 March 1936. p.9 . Retrieved 13 August 2018– via National Library of Australia.

In November 2017 Swifts hosted Wolper Jewish Hospital’s evening with the former professional Australian rules footballer and Aboriginal Australian leader “In Conversation with Adam Goodes” a b "National Architecture Awards 2012: Heritage". Architecture & Design. 2 November 2012. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018 . Retrieved 12 August 2018. Feeding parties can be very large in insect-rich areas, such as wetlands. Reports of as many as 2,000 swifts feeding over flooded gravel pits, lakes and marshy river deltas are not uncommon, and may represent an ingress of swifts from within as much as a 100km (62mi) radius; swifts nesting in Western Scotland are thought to venture to Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland to feed on the abundant and nutritious "Lough Neagh Fly". So what if her relatives all think she's destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants - pirate, explorer or even detective. The wingtip bones of swiftlets are of proportionately greater length than those of most other birds. Changing the angle between the bones of the wingtips and forelimbs allows swifts to alter the shape and area of their wings to increase their efficiency and maneuverability at various speeds. [10] They share with their relatives the hummingbirds a unique ability to rotate their wings from the base, allowing the wing to remain rigid and fully extended and derive power on both the upstroke and downstroke. [11] The downstroke produces both lift and thrust, while the upstroke produces a negative thrust (drag) that is 60% of the thrust generated during the downstrokes, but simultaneously it contributes lift that is also 60% of what is produced during the downstroke. This flight arrangement might benefit the bird's control and maneuverability in the air. [12]Dunne, Pete (2006). Pete Dunne's essential field guide companion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 978-0-618-23648-0. OCLC 61169710. The nest of many species is glued to a vertical surface with saliva, and the genus Aerodramus use only that substance, which is the basis for bird's nest soup. Other swifts select holes and small cavities in walls. [15] The eggs hatch after 19 to 23 days, and the young leave the nest after a further six to eight weeks. Both parents assist in raising the young. [13] Until 1983 the house and grounds had been essentially the private domain of the Tooth and Resch families and the Catholic Church hierarchy, with use of the chapel for masses and weddings. The future premier of New South Wales, The Hon. Bob Carr, was married to Helena John there in 1973. Some interest in the property was elicited by the press in the early 1960s as the details of Edmund Resch Jr's bequest to the Catholic Church became public. This intensified in the 1980s when the future was debated and discussed by government and the general public.

a b "Early subdivisions | State Library of New South Wales". Archived from the original on 6 April 2015 . Retrieved 13 April 2015. EDMUND RESCH". The Mirror. No.23. New South Wales, Australia. 1 December 1917. p.3 . Retrieved 13 August 2018– via National Library of Australia.

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturæ per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Volume 1 (in Latin). Vol.v.1 (10thed.). Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii. p.192. The Swifts are a rather unusual family. Instead of choosing names the normal way, they rely on The Dictionary to provide their names. A person's name reflects something about them so naturally, Shenanigan Swift manages to get up to mischief. When Aunt Schadenfreude calls a family reunion to announce her successor, tragedy ensues instead. Schadenfreude is pushed down the steps and murdered. The family is understandably distraught and asks Gumshoe to discover the culprit. Shenanigan and her sisters Felicity and Phenomena also take up the case.