mina-bird

The python approached it, and a hairy paw was extended; his snakeship coiled up beside the ape, and the mina-bird flew to the ape's shoulder.

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A flapping of wings startled him, and before he could prevent, a brilliant mina-bird circled his head and gently lighted on his shoulder.

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Astonished, Piang watched the mina-bird flit through the sunlight and disappear into the banya.

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Distant cries of a mina-bird floated to this strained audience; the river, muttering its plaints to the listening rushes, sounded like a cataract in their ears.

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Three loud calls in imitation of the mina-bird went wailing through the night.

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The branches swayed, parted, and the mina-bird floated through.

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The mina-bird, startled, squawked an admonition and fluttered to Piang's lap.

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Three soft notes of a mina-bird floated over the barrio, and Papita became suddenly alive.

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The mina-bird was brought to Tahiti from the Moluccas to eat wasps which came from South America, and were called Jack Spaniards.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

"If we are driven back, Piang, I will give three calls of the mina-bird.

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