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BLUETIT |
Common bird |
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PIGEON |
Common bird |
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MAGPIE |
Common bird |
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DUCK |
Common water bird |
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SPARROW |
Common small bird |
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BARN |
Common night bird, ... owl |
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GOOSE |
Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose. |
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BURGOMASTER |
An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus),
common in arctic regions. |
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BROWN THRUSH |
A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus),
allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher. |
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STONECHAT |
A small, active, and very common European singing bird
(Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker,
stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith. |
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WATER THRUSH |
A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging
to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S.
Noveboracensis). |
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CHIPPY |
A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common
near dwelling; -- also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from
its simple note. |
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FOWL |
Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck;
in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus
domesticus). |
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BALTIMORE ORIOLE |
A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named
after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are
like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin. |
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ROTCHE |
A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle)
common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little
auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove. |
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PINTADO |
Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in
Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the
crested pintados, ... |
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REDSHANK |
A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris),
having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is
larger, and has o... |
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BLUEBIRD |
A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the
United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in
spring. The male is bl... |
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CHATTERER |
...ontinents. In America the cedar bird is a more
common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird. ... |
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QUAIL |
...everal
allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail
(C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubb... |
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CREEPER |
A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens.
The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of
which (var. America... |
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RUBYTHROAT |
...eathers having metallic
reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States
(Trochilus colubris). ... |
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WRYNECK |
...the genus
Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European
species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the ne... |
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BOOBY |
A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the
common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks.
It is so called ... |
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HERON |
...era, of the
family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and
toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common Eur... |