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* '''chough''': a crow-like Old World species of the family Corvidae. | * '''chough''': a crow-like Old World species of the family Corvidae. | ||
| − | * In addition to the explicit appearance of '''birds''', '''pheasants''', '''ducks''', and '''goose''', other bird species mentioned on [[Page | + | * In addition to the explicit appearance of '''birds''', '''pheasants''', '''ducks''', and '''goose''', other bird species mentioned on [[Page 449]] include: |
| − | ** ''swift, any of various small, fast insectivorous birds of the family Apodidae | + | ** ''swift'', any of various small, fast insectivorous birds of the family Apodidae |
| − | ** ''swellaw → swallow, any of various small and graceful perching birds of the family Hirundinidae, found worldwide | + | ** ''swellaw'' → swallow, any of various small and graceful perching birds of the family Hirundinidae, found worldwide |
| − | ** ''spoonfind → spoonbill | + | ** ''spoonfind'' → spoonbill |
| − | ** ''Ipostila → apostle-bird: a name applied to several species of bird in Australia, including the grey jumper and the grey-crowned babbler | + | ** ''Ipostila'' → apostle-bird: a name applied to several species of bird in Australia, including the grey jumper and the grey-crowned babbler |
| − | ** ''maurdering row → a murder, or group, of crows | + | ** ''maurdering row'' → a murder, or group, of crows |
| − | ** ''owledclock → owl and cock | + | ** ''owledclock'' → owl and cock |
| − | ** ''Saint Grouseus → grouse | + | ** ''Saint Grouseus'' → grouse |
| − | ** ''hoopoe: a cinnamon-colored Old World woodland bird of the family Upupidae, which features prominently in Aristophanes' ''The Birds'' and Attar's ''The Conference of the Birds'' | + | ** ''hoopoe'': a cinnamon-colored Old World woodland bird of the family Upupidae, which features prominently in Aristophanes' ''The Birds'' and Attar's ''The Conference of the Birds'' |
| − | ** ''drummling → dunlin, a brown and white species of sandpiper | + | ** ''drummling'' → dunlin, a brown and white species of sandpiper |
| − | ** ''snipers → snipe, any of various shore birds of the family Scolopacidae | + | ** ''snipers'' → snipe, any of various shore birds of the family Scolopacidae |
| − | ** ''peepet! peepet! → pipit, a brownish songbird related to warblers and thrushes | + | ** ''peepet! peepet!'' → pipit, a brownish songbird related to warblers and thrushes |
| − | ** ''whippoor willy → whippoorwill, a North American nocturnal goatsucker with mottled grey, brown and white plumage | + | ** ''whippoor willy'' → whippoorwill, a North American nocturnal goatsucker with mottled grey, brown and white plumage |
[[Category: Birds]] | [[Category: Birds]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category: Songs and lyrics]] |
Latest revision as of 15:34, 19 January 2014
- Mutliation of "I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls / With vassals and serfs at my si-i-ide", sung in the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael Balfe and Alfred Bunn.
- This song is also sung in Dubliners.
- throstle: a species of Old World thrush, especially a song thrush
- warbler: any of various songbirds, of the family Parulidae in the New World and the family Silviidae in the Old World
- warbler: someone who warbles or sings
- chough: a crow-like Old World species of the family Corvidae.
- In addition to the explicit appearance of birds, pheasants, ducks, and goose, other bird species mentioned on Page 449 include:
- swift, any of various small, fast insectivorous birds of the family Apodidae
- swellaw → swallow, any of various small and graceful perching birds of the family Hirundinidae, found worldwide
- spoonfind → spoonbill
- Ipostila → apostle-bird: a name applied to several species of bird in Australia, including the grey jumper and the grey-crowned babbler
- maurdering row → a murder, or group, of crows
- owledclock → owl and cock
- Saint Grouseus → grouse
- hoopoe: a cinnamon-colored Old World woodland bird of the family Upupidae, which features prominently in Aristophanes' The Birds and Attar's The Conference of the Birds
- drummling → dunlin, a brown and white species of sandpiper
- snipers → snipe, any of various shore birds of the family Scolopacidae
- peepet! peepet! → pipit, a brownish songbird related to warblers and thrushes
- whippoor willy → whippoorwill, a North American nocturnal goatsucker with mottled grey, brown and white plumage
