water-birds

Food habits of water-birds of the Sundarbans, 24-Parganas District, West Bengal.

Sundarbans National Park, India 2008

The water does not appear to be deep, but covers a large area; there were a few pelicans and other water-birds on it.

The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

At seven miles struck it; found plenty of water, but very salt, with pelicans and other water-birds upon it.

The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

Ducks flew up in pairs — and it was strange to see those water-birds darting rapidly about among the pines.

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories 2006

They might be the notes of owls or water-birds, yet they did not quite resemble either sound.

Lost Hearts by M. R. James | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004

Once there was a child, whose face was like the new moon shining on cypress trees and the feathers of water-birds.

New Column yuki_onna 2005

It was a wide extent of marshy land, and they would probably find good sport, for water-birds ought to swarm there.

The Mysterious Island 2005

It was a wide extent of marshy land, and they would probably find good sport, for water-birds ought to swarm there.

The Mysterious Island 2005

And at one point it was that a wier-wier, one of the solitary water-birds of this region, uttered its ouphe and barghest cry, flying from somewhere near into some darker recess within the woods.

An American Tragedy 2004

We saw many of the pretty white ardea, and other water-birds, flying over the spots not yet dried up; and occasionally wild ducks, but these only in numbers sufficient to remind us that we were approaching the Zambesi, where every water-fowl has a home.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004