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“The gloomy woods are inhabited by few birds: occasionally the plaintive note of a white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher (Myiobius albiceps) may be heard, concealed near the summit of the most lofty trees; and more rarely the loud strange cry of a black woodpecker, with a fine scarlet crest on its head.”
“It walked without restraint, lazily, with arrogance, its white-tufted tail swinging.”
“The gloomy woods are inhabited by few birds: occasionally the plaintive note of a white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher (Myiobius albiceps) may be heard, concealed near the summit of the most lofty trees; and more rarely the loud strange cry of a black wood-pecker, with a fine scarlet crest on its head.”
“It was the kraal of the old white-tufted Shangaan, as Shadrach learned afterwards.”
Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories
“The mayoress was a thin, elderly country woman with a nod for everyone; her big Normandy cap fitted close round her thin face, making her head, with its round, astonished-looking eyes, look like a white-tufted fowl's, and she ate in little jerks as if she were pecking at her plate.”
The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) Une Vie and Other Stories
“Fuego occasionally adds its cry; the creeper (Oxyurus) follows the intruder screaming and twittering; the humming-bird may be seen every now and then darting from side to side, and emitting, like an insect, its shrill chirp; lastly, from the top of some lofty tree the indistinct but plaintive note of the white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher (Myiobius) may be noticed.”
“In life, Stafford wasn't as iconic as fellow Vermont senators George Aiken and Bernard Sanders, two white-tufted characters embraced by the common man.”
“They said hunters in Myanmar's Kachin state said the long-tailed black monkey, with white-tufted ears and a white beard, could often be tracked in the rain because its upturned nostrils made it prone to sneezing when water dripped in.”
“Warren Wolf is slightly built at 165 pounds and when he walks the field, his white-tufted head hangs toward his chest as if it's a little too heavy for his neck.”
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white phrase/words
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Bird Wirds: Adjectives
Adjectives used in actual (non-taxonomic) bird names, past and present.
roseate, glossy, whooping, neotropic, pelagic, ferruginous, crested, whiskered, marbled, tufted, horned, eared and 818 more...
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