perch

• You never know who's going to help you at a pinch For without warning the puma had silently made one bound from its perch, and alighted upon the flattish surface presented by the old sailor's back. —  Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco
• The fish caught were the yellow perch, which are not esteemed for eating; the white perch, a beautiful, silvery, round-backed fish, which bites eagerly, runs about with the line while being pulled up, makes good sport for the angler, and an admirable dish; a great chub; and three horned pouts, which swallow the hook into their lowest entrails. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866
• Each started his song with his feet barely touching his perch, his body quivering, his wings half extended, as if he were almost supported by the upward flow of his melody. —  Bird Day; How to prepare for it
• But the pike perch is a more difficult fish to propagate artificially, though nearly half a million eggs were distributed last year. —  The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries
• And Hooker himself was gradually getting ousted from his perch, and might have been finally dropped on to the road, had not an unexpected diversion in his favour rescued him This was made by no one less than Dick, who, having taken in with a quick eye the position of affairs, saw that Templeton demanded his services, cost him what they might. —  Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton

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