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Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.

in truth, as I do seriously aver is the case. Fielding. Then all averred I had killed the bird. Coleridge.

mous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.

The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.

Of or instrument to birds.

A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house. Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. Fuller.

to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.

Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.

See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.

Rearing and care of birds.

The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana. [Written also avocette.]

A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds.

A bird of the family Bucconidæ, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.

used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), the siskin. -- Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. -- Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.…

A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. (b) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. (c) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, an…

The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds