10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AXEBIRD»
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The dragon landed heavily beside the waterhole, half a bowshot from the
axebird's carcass, its wings stirring up a few feathers and a scattering of dry grass
. Its veined, bluish-black wings quickly folded back, and the dragon raised its
neck, ...
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The Australian encyclopaedia
AXEBIRD, a term often applied in northern Queensland to the large-tailed
nightjar, which utters at night a series of curious "chopping" notes. In New Guinea
and some of the other islands men used to make a practice of betting on the
number ...
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The Australian Encyclopaedia
Because of the "chopping" notes this bird utters at night, it is known variously as
the axebird, ham- merbird, and carpenterbird ; a practice of natives in islands
north of Australia, and in parts of Malaysia as well, is to make bets on the number
of ...
4
Australian National Review
One produces a remark' able rapping noise, and so is known as the "axebird," or
"hammer' bird." Another utters a series of sounds suggesting human mirth, and so
is known as the "laughing owl." Puck among the gum' trees ! I last heard the ...
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baulked debarks ...
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, 2006
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Bird wonders of Australia
See Logrunner Audubon, J. }., 137 Austin, E., 230 Austin, T. P., 6 1 Avocet, 91
Axebird. See Nightjar, Large-tailed Babbler, 120, 167, 170 Banfield, E. J., 193
Barnard, H. G., 207 Beck, R. H., 224 Bee-eater. See Rainbowbird Bellbird, 128,
162, ...
Colin Turner and Sam Jones own a pretty awesome comic book shop, the Splash Page.Business is great, they have a new employee,Nate, and Colin's ex-girlfriend Mackenzie is back.
Justin Peterson, Scott Peterson, 2011
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Golden Fool: The Tawny Man Trilogy
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Pathfinder, Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide: Prepack of 5
The guide presents details on how best to customize your character so that he'll fit into the campaign. What's the best choice of favored enemy for a ranger? Which of the region's deities will your cleric worship?
Gnomes of Golarion offers Pathfinder players more information than ever before about what many gamers consider the most unique and interesting of the standard player character races.
Hal Maclean, Colin McComb, Mark Moreland, 2010
