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lyre-bird
n. an Australian bird, originallycalled the Bird of Paradise of New South Wales; thencalled a Nativ...
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alarm-bird
n. a bird-name no longer used inAustralia. There is an African Alarm-bird. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds ...
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bell-bird
n. name given to several birds,fromtheir note, like the tinkling of a bell. In Australia,a Honey-ea...
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blight-bird
n. a bird-name in New Zealand forthe Zosterops (q.v.). Called also Silver-eye (q.v.), Wax-eye, and ...
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blood-bird
n. name given to the Sanguineous Honey-eater. See honey-eater. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia...
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bower-bird
n. Australian bird. See quotation,1891. See Ptilonorhynchinae. The following are thevarieties – – –...
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bristle-bird
n. a name given to certainAustralian Reed-warblers. They are – – Sphenurabrachyptera, Latham; Long-...
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butcher-bird
n. The name is in use elsewhere,but in Australia it is applied to the genus Cracticus.The varieties...
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cat-bird
n. In America the name is given to Mimus carolinensis, a mocking thrush, which like theAustralian b...
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dead-bird
n. In Australia, a recent slangterm, meaning «a certainty.» The metaphor is frompigeon-shooting, wh...
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diamond bird
n. a bird-name. In the time ofGould this name was only applied to Pardalotuspunctatus, Temm. Since ...
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dingle-bird
n. a poetical name for theAustralian Bell-bird (q.v.). 1870. F. S. Wilson, `Australian Songs,' p. ...
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dollar-bird
n. name given to the Roller (q.v.). See quotations. 1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of L...
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fern-bird
n. a New Zealand bird ofthe genus Sphenoecus. Also called Grass-bird,and New Zealand Pipit. There a...
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fig-bird
n. a bird-name. Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; Yellow bellied, S. flaviventris, Gould. S. maxillar...
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flute-bird
n. another name for the bird Gymnorrhina tibicen, Lath. Called also Magpie (q.v.). 1862. H. C. Ken...
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friar-bird
n. an Australian bird, of the genuscalled Philemon, but originally named Tropidorhynchus (q.v.). It ...
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gill-bird
n. an occasional name for the Wattle-bird (q.v.). 1896. `Menu' for October 15: «Gill-bird on Toas...
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glucking-bird
n. a bird so named byLeichhardt, but not identified. Probably the Boobook (q.v.), and see its quota...
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grass-bird
n. In New Zealand, Sphenoeacus//sic. otherwhere Sphenaeacus GJC// punctatus, Gray, thesame as Fern-...
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ground-bird
n. name given in Australia to anybird of the genus Cinclosoma. The species are – – Chestnut-backed ...
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jack-bird
n. a bird of the South Island of NewZealand, Creadion cinereus, Buller. See also Saddle-back and Cr...
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lotus-bird
n. Parra gallinacea, Temm.;called also the Jacana (q.v.), and the Parra (q.v.). 1890. C. Lumholtz,...
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mallee-bird
n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould. Aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.);see Turkey. ...
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mocking-bird
n. The name is given inAustralia to the Lyre-bird (q.v.), and in New Zealandto the Tui (q.v.). ...
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mound-bird
n. the jungle-hen of Australia.The birds scratch up heaps of soil and vegetable matter, inwhich the...
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mulberry-bird
n. name given to the Australianbird Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; called also Fig-bird (q.v.). 1...
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mutton-bird
n. The word is ordinarily appliedto the Antarctic Petrel, AEstrelata lessoni. InAustralasia it is a...
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organ-bird
or Organ-Magpie n. other names for one of the Magpies (q.v.). 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia...
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parson-bird
n. the New Zealand bird Prosthemadera novae-zelandiae, Gmel.; Maori name, Tui (q.v.). See also Poe. ...
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pilot-bird
n. This name is given toa sea-bird of the Caribbean Islands. In Australia itis applied to Pycnoptil...
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porcupine-bird
n. a bird inhabiting the Porcupine-Grass (q.v.) of Central Australia; the Striated Grass Wren, Amyt...
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rain-bird
n. The name is popularly given inmany parts of the world to various birds. The Rain-birdof Queensla...
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regent-bird
n. 1) An Australian Bower-bird, Sericulus melinus, Lath., named out of compliment to thePrince Rege...
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rifle-bird
n. sometimes called also Rifleman (q.v.); a bird of paradise. The male is of ageneral velvety black...
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satin-bird
n. another name for the SatinBower-bird. See Bower-bird. 1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions ...
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scrub-bird
n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...
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soldier-bird
I. or Poor Soldier,or Old-Soldier bird n. anothername for the Friar-bird (q.v.). 1859. D. Bunce,...
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stitch-bird
n. a bird of New Zealand.See quotation. 1885. Hugh Martin, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,...
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sultana-bird
n. a name for the Swamp-Hen (q.v.), Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm. 1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' p. 223...
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summer-bird
n. the Old Colonists' name for the Wood-swallows. See Swallow. In Tasmania it isapplied to a specie...
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sun-bird
n. a common name of various birds.Applied in Australia to Cinnyris frenata, Mull. 1869. J. Gould, ...
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thunder-bird
n. an early name for oneof the Thickheads (q.v.), or Pachycephalae (q.v.). See also quotation, 1896...
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tropic-bird
n. The English name is appliedbecause the bird is usually seen in the tropics. The speciesobserved ...
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wattle-bird
n. an Australian bird, so calledfrom the wattles or fleshy appendages hanging to his ear. Inthe Yel...
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weaver-bird
n. The English name Weaver-bird, in its present broad sense as appliedto a wide variety of birds, i...
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Bird, Robert Montgomery
(1803-1854) Novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and Th...
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bird-catching plant
n. a New Zealand shrub ortree, Pisonia brunoniana, Endl., N.O. Nyctagineae; Maori name, Parapara. ...
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coach-whip bird
n. Psophodes crepitans,V. and H. (see Gould's `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 15);Black-throate...
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mutton-bird tree
n. a tree, Seneciorotundifolius, Hook.: so called because the mutton-birds,especially in Foveaux St...
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paradise, bird of
n. English bird-name,originally applied in Australia to the Lyre-bird (q.v.),now given to Manucoda ...
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose