Peafowl

Peafowl live for about twenty-five years, breed about the third year, and at the same time take on their spangled plumage.

The History of Animals 2002

The air is cold, it froze last night a white frost this morning. a ewe had twins last night one of the lambs dead this morning C Knode and little son Elizabeth and Child came spent the day and dined with us on Peafowl

Ferry Hill Plantation journal : January 4, 1838-January 15, 1839, 1961

_So now you know the story of the Peafowl who became a Queen and of the

The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales Parker Fillmore 1911

_Have you ever heard the story of the Peafowl who became a Queen and of the Tsar's Youngest Son who married her?

The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales Parker Fillmore 1911

Peafowl are to be seen in certain tracts, especially in the eastern Panjáb.

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

"An 'wid dat de Peafowl tuck'n bounct him; an' dar dey had it, er scrougin 'an' peckin an er clawin 'uv one nudder; an' somehow, in de skrummidge, de Owl's eyes dey got skwushed on ter de Peafowl's tail, an 'fur er long time he couldn't see nuffin' 'tall; but de rattlesnake doctored on him."

Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

Well, de Owl knowed dat, an 'so wen he seed de Peafowl walkin' by so big, an 'him in de kitchen er cookin', it kinter hu't his feelin's, so he tuck'n holler'd at de Peafowl,

Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

"An 'wid dat de Peafowl tuck'n bounct him; an' dar dey had it, er scrougin 'an' peckin an er clawin 'uv one nudder; an' somehow, in de skrummidge, de Owl's eyes dey got skwushed on ter de Peafowl's tail, an 'fur er long time he couldn't see nuffin' 'tall; but de rattlesnake doctored on him."

Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878

Well, de Owl knowed dat, an 'so wen he seed de Peafowl walkin' by so big, an 'him in de kitchen er cookin', it kinter hu't his feelin's, so he tuck'n holler'd at de Peafowl,

Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878

Peafowl that have invaded a village and caused havoc at its primary school are to be rounded up and relocated.

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