Vaux's Swift

Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) is a small swift native to North America and northern South America. It was named for the American scientist William Sansom Vaux.

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Famous quotes containing the words vaux and/or swift:

    I loathe that I did love,
    In youth that I thought sweet;
    —Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)

    Come, agree, the law’s costly.
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)