10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLICEMAN BIRD»
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policeman bird in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Kel Richards' Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
... jabiru depends upon a stealthy approach to its prey. 'Jabiru' is recorded by
E. E. Morrisinhis 1898 dictionary, Austral English. He saysit was named after a
Brazilian stork witha similar appearance. 'Policeman bird' is recorded from 1928.
2
Australian
Bird Names: A Complete Guide
... present day; Australian Mycteria, a real Gouldism, used by him in 1848 from
the then genus name; Policeman-bird, a lovely folk name for its tall, still posture
while hunting, and apparently stern visage (especially of the yellow-eyed female)
.
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013
3
Handbook of Australian Languages
... rain bird kuiikuii, redbill panypatyi, big green parrot wurilka, green mountain
parrot lukawa, honey—eater tatarara, plover tururu, white crane tyampakilikili,
policeman bird wiljityu, whistle bird tYukitYuki, fowl (from English chook)
tyunytyutuiu, ...
R.M.W. Dixon, Barry J. Blake, 1983
4
The complete story of the Galveston horror
They started immediately for their homes, but their families had been swept away.
Policeman Bird lost his wife and five children and Rowan his wife and three
children. Many refugees were picked up at Hitchcock and taken to the Jacquard ...
5
Casting Off: How a city girl found happiness on the high seas
In the day the Laughing Policeman Bird was always chuckling away at something
and the Orgasmic Bird's fevered cries rose to ecstatic heights. And, a couple of
times a day, there was the call of the hornbill. The endangered hornbill is like a ...
Wolara stole alligator away from the policeman bird and ran away to Wirngir and
then plunged into the sea, where he was changed into a stone. Another mythical
being, Yingirmira, stole somebody's wife and was pursued. He threw his ...
James George Frazer, Sir Jame Frazer, 2000
7
Names and Substance in the Australian Subsection System
Policeman-bird ? 2.12.S-CSF, 5.4.WQF-CSF. 88. Quail, Brown Synoicus australis
9.1.J, see 76.-80., 9.J. 89. Scrub Fowl Megapodius reinwardtii 9.J. 90. Silver Gull
Lams novae-hollandiae 3.2.D, 5.3.WQR-CSR, 9.2.D-WQR, 9.D-WQR, daughter ...
Carl Georg Brandenstein, 1982
8
The Art of Flying Crooked
ORIGIN OF NAME The town gets its name from the jabiru, a large bird which is
sometimes known as the black-necked stork or the policeman-bird by aborigines
in the area. Standing at a height of 129-137cm, with black and white body ...
9
The Green Leaves of Winter
“Goodbye my magical beautiful love. We'll meet again in the next life” I whispered
tomywife. CRASHING ON THE FIELDS Theflightwas uneventful, astheysay. Until
the trampoline Bernie the policeman Bird Dog Football Birth of an Aviator The ...
10
Princeton Alumni Weekly
Outside of business hours my main diversion. as in the old days, lies in the
pleasures and pursuits of ornithology, and upon my return to the States I expect
to have some rarestutfcd specimens of the South American Policeman Bird, and
the ...
