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Shrike :: Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher..

Forty-spot :: Forty-spot (n.) The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus).

Stonechat :: Stonechat (n.) A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith..

Tinamides :: Tinamides (n. pl.) A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous..

Hornotine :: Hornotine (n.) A yearling; a bird of the year.

Nib :: Nib (n.) The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

Nail :: Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds..

Hatch :: Hatch (v. i.) To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc..

Pheasant :: Pheasant (n.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia..

Scarecrow :: Scarecrow (n.) Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger..

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.

Boatbill :: Boatbill (n.) A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus..

Waxbill :: Waxbill (n.) Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds..

Aucupation :: Aucupation (n.) Birdcatching; fowling.

Bird''s-eye :: Bird's-eye (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..

Pterygoid :: Pterygoid (a.) Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone..

Whip-poor-will :: Whip-poor-will (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.

Springe :: Springe (v. i.) A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare..

Cushewbird :: Cushewbird (n.) The galeated curassow. See Curassow.

Quaker :: Quaker (n.) The nankeen bird.

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