10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAIN-FEVER BIRD»
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brain-fever bird in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
brain-fever bird and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The evening air was soft and warm, and heavy with the scent of babool-blossom,
for the hot weather was creeping on apace, and already the mangoes had begun
to take shape upon the trees, and the 'brain fever' bird's1 discordant song had ...
Alice Perrin, Melissa Edmundson Makala, 2010
The, loud, screaming brain-fever, brain-fever of the Common Hawk-Cuckoo (the
Brain-fever Bird), repeated with monotonous persistency 5 or 6 times, rising in
cresendo and ending abruptly. * A familiar, loud, monotonous, ringing tuk-tuk of
the ...
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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
From the woods all about came the songs of birds,—among them the
contributions of a couple of birds which I was not then acquainted with: the brain-
fever bird and the coppersmith. The song of the brain-fever demon starts on a low
but ...
4
Following the Equator, Vol.2: The Authorized Uniform Edition
From the woods all about came the songs of birds — among them the
contributions of a couple of birds which I was not then acquainted with: the brain-
fever bird and the coppersmith. The song of the brain-fever demon starts on a low
but ...
Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 2003
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Mark Twain's Book of Animals
The Deadliest Song Known to Ornithology FROM THE WOODS all about came
the songs of birds— among them the contributions of a couple of birds which I
was not then acquainted with: the brain- fever bird and the coppersmith. The
song of ...
Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, 2009
6
Nainital: The Land of Trumpet and Song ; Based on J.M. ...
For the benefit of those who do not already know the call of the brain-fever bird
far too well, it may be described as “pi—pee-ya” repeated many times in an
ascending scale. We will now pass on to the other group of migrants, namely,
those ...
7
The Long Week-end, 1897-1919: Part of a Life
The mid-day silence, the great trees with leaves hanging motionless in the
breathless air, the brain-fever bird with its rising reiterated call, "Brain-fever, brain
-fever, brain-fever...", then silence again. I discovered it was a marvellous place to
play ...
8
The Chambers Dictionary
... fag extreme tiredness of the nerves or brain (obs); brain fever encephalitis,
inflammation of the brain; brain-fever bird an Indian cuckoo (Cuculus varius) that
sings repetitively in the night; brain pan the cranium; brain power intellectual
ability.
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Ghost Stories From The Raj
He could only conclude that Arnold had been shouting hiswife's name in his
sleep, so he waitedafew moments,and the brain fever bird's discordant
shriekrose andfellintheair. Perhaps that was whathad disturbed him,the cry was
not unlike the ...
From the woods all about came the songs of birds,— among them the
contributions of a couple of birds which I was not then acquainted with: the brain-
fever bird and the coppersmith. The song of the brain-fever demon starts on a low
but ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAIN-FEVER BIRD»
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The brain-fever bird (common hawk cuckoo) is usually found in the early morning and late evenings. Jerdon's Nightjar is heard after 6 p.m. till 6 ... «The Hindu, Feb 13»
The woods are lovely…
... sambar, Asiatic elephants, wild boar, jackal, peafowl, snake birds, cormorants, egrets, river terns, drongos, brain-fever bird, babblers, coucals ... «The Hindu, Sep 11»
