merula

Studying European blackbirds (Turdus merula), Jesko Partecke and Eberhard Gwinner (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology) discovered certain adaptive traits, that in the long run, could lead to more offspring.

May 1st, 2007 2007

By-and-by we came to the merula tree opposite the kyas, and there we found a ring of chiefs, sitting with cocked rifles on their knees.

Prester John 2005

It was not a difficult quest, for on the sward in front of the merula tree they had buried him.

Prester John 2005

There, tied up to a merula tree, were two of the finest beasts I had seen in Africa.

Prester John 2005

But around the merula tree there was a gathering of chiefs, if I could judge by the comparative quiet and dignity of the men, who sat in rows on the ground.

Prester John 2005

That I am here is as a result of my cogitations upon the omen — not so much the death of the merula as the entire phenomenon.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Gnaeus Octavius Ruso rose to his feet, looking to the Brothers Caesar and Scaevola Pontifex Maximus much as the cat must have looked after it devoured the merula in the temple.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Beside it was the head of a bird — a merula, a blackbird!

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Inanda's Kraal was a cluster of kyas and rondavels, shaped in a half-moon, with a flat space between the houses, where grew a big merula tree.

Prester John John Buchan 1907

It was not a difficult quest, for on the sward in front of the merula tree they had buried him.

Prester John John Buchan 1907