![]() Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. ( ) Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. ( ) Any swimming bird frequenting the sea ( ) An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. ( ) An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. ( ) Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. ( ) A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris. ![]() the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. ( ) A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. ( ) An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects ( n.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). ( n.) Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents. ( n.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. ( n.) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups. ( n.) The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young. ( n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate ( n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. ( n.) A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc. ( a.) Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes ( a.) Seen from above, as if by a flying bird ( n.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak. ( ) A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. ( ) The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. ( ) One who has for sale the various kinds of birds which are kept in cages. ( ) One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds. ( ) A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. ( n.) Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird. ( n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings.
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