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One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Schoenicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.

use (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.

doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools. Regent bird (Zoöl.), a beautiful Australian bower bird (Sericulus melinus). The male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of the P…

The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

To repeat; to go over again. The birds-their notes renew. Milton.

y has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.

A South African weaver bird (Philetærus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw. Red republican. See under Red.

in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i. [Obs.] This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul. Fuller. Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. Fuller.

uta and S. lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.

A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.

A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.

To take vengeance; -- with upon. [Obs.] "A bird that will revenge upon you all." Shak.

pines of some of the vertebræ, as certain South African snakes (Dasypelits) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.

The horny covering of the bill of birds.

Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.

A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.

The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.

The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.

Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds.

A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.