boatswain-bird

• The name "boatswain-bird" is applied to some other kinds of birds, besides the tropic bird. —  The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503
• It was not unbroken by sounds; but these were of a character to sadden rather than cheer them, for they were sounds to be heard only in the wilderness of the great deep, -- such as the half-screaming laugh of the sea-mew, and the wild whistle of the boatswain-bird. —  The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea
• In that morning he says that a white bird was seen which has not the habit of sleeping on the sea, called _rabo de junco_ (boatswain-bird). [ —  The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503
• A boatswain-bird came. —  The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503
• _boatswain-bird_. —  The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503

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