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gs, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird. [Spelt also mynah.]

Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.

The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.

The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.

Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.

and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropæolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are somet…

The swimming birds.

Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial birds.

rm. -- Native sloth (Zoöl.), the koala. -- Native thrush (Zoöl.), an Australian singing bird (Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead. -- Native turkey (Zoöl.), the Australian bustard (Choriotis australis); -- called also bebilya.

The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written nib.] Shak.

The substance constituting the edible bird's nest.

The study of young birds.

tacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. The birds of the air have nests. Matt. viii. 20.

To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter. Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and there nestle till succors came. Bacon.

A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. Piers Plowman.

of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.

The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

Nestling, as a bird in itss nest.

To make a nest, as a bird. [R.] Cockeram.