| 单词 | bulbul |
| 例句 | So I tell her that there is a marmalade cat purring on Dad's gravestone, and cockerels are crowing and black-eyed bulbuls are chirping and hopping from branch to branch of the jacaranda trees. Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z Later, I watched wild birds like melodic dusky thrushes, magpies and bulbuls alight on the fired clay temple roof. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Both now have extra protections through new trade restrictions agreed at the global wildlife summit, with a complete ban on trading for the straw-headed bulbul. Sharks and songbirds get new trade protections 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Now we were drinking tea in his trellised garden at sunset to the singing of bulbuls. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z In the chorus of bird song, he easily found his target: a black bulbul, a species native to South Asia and southern China. Can birds help connect North Korea to the world? 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Crows and gulls may thrive at our garbage dumps, blackbirds and cowbirds at our farms’ feedlots, robins and bulbuls in our city parks. The radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matter 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z From a bay tree, struck into existence a moment ago, a songbird, a white-spectacled bulbul, called a greeting to the new dawn. How To Stay Sane During a Solar Eclipse 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z In a video that appeared on Thai TV, the abbot is seen smashing a wooden cage full of red-whiskered bulbuls. Chaos, Questions Surround Temple as Tigers Are Seized Give me my cup in hand, and sing a glee In concert with the bulbul's symphony; Wine would not gurgle as it leaves the flask, If drinking mute were right for thee and me! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Except for the occasional throbbing notes of a bulbul in the distance, no sound of any kind fell upon their ears for a time. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Days may be spent in the noble Cathedral, dreamy hours passed in the scented garden of the Alc�zar, or by the Guadalquivir, where the bulbul still sings as in the Moorish days. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The "bulbul," as certain writers love to call it, sings very sweetly in these leafy retreats, a statement some travellers who persist in coming at the wrong season will not hesitate to contradict. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Within the palace, divanned, rests a king, Who watches listlessly the fountain's jet; And at his feet the poet Saadi stands And hears intent th' captured bulbuls sing. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z Vainly did he string together peris and bulbuls, and sunny apples of Totkahar: the inspiration would not come. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z I’m afraid it was sometimes a bulbul, or nightingale, and more than once it was a canary. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z The sweet song of the bulbul and other summer birds, with the buzzing of the honey-bee, are the familiar sounds to which we are p. 217from our infancy accustomed. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z The Banjara, anxious to see the finish of the beast that had slain his cow, worked his way along the grass patch, watching the bulbul and Finnerty's howdah, which just showed above the canes. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z We’ve now scoured the area and the only two places where we see any bulbuls at all are at the Goda near camp and at the mission. We Don't Need to Shoot Birds 2010-07-26T20:33:00Z Starlings and sparrows are proving easy to catch, but the bulbuls are quite elusive. How to Cook Camel 2010-07-23T18:42:00Z I shall be but one of a thousand, and spend a life like a bulbul in a golden cage. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z This is where I hoped we would find our last few species, some sparrows and a bulbul. Success With Starlings, and Meeting the Chief 2010-07-15T18:27:00Z The bulbul eyed this performance thoughtfully; a tiger lying down for a sleep was something not to waste time over. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z We caught two bulbuls by chance at the mission a few days ago, but nothing since. We Don't Need to Shoot Birds 2010-07-26T20:33:00Z A bulbul bird hopped around in a cage. Baghdad Journal: In a Tour for Visitors, Iraq?s Past Is Present 2010-04-08T01:26:00Z All night long the bulbuls sang, and at daybreak Beebee and I were awakened from our slumbers by the murmuring music of little bronze-winged pigeons that sat on our turret balcony. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z This bulbul was common in the cocoa at the Cocoa Research Station. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Like a streamer from the topmast of a yacht the bulbul, weaving back and forth, showed Finnerty the tiger was on the move. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z There are certainly lots of bulbuls, but they all fly over our nets. We Don't Need to Shoot Birds 2010-07-26T20:33:00Z Bare odours and sweet strains of bulbul lull the senses into perfect felicity! My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Generally they have never seen a woman of their own class, and so she is a revelation, she is indeed the bulbul, while he, being the first, is the King of men. The Intelligence of Woman I saw these bulbuls darting out after insects from branches, much as flycatchers would do, and have noticed a tendency toward flycatching in other bulbuls, but not so commonly as in this species. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Thus there are no vultures, woodpeckers, pheasants, bulbuls, or barbets in the Australian region; and the absence of these is almost as marked a feature as that of cats, deer, or monkeys, among mammalia. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras The bulbuls rarely seem to come to ground here, and the trees are too high here for us to use nets. We Don't Need to Shoot Birds 2010-07-26T20:33:00Z Thro' Syrian plains curtained with curling mist The grass she trailed, Where the shy floweret; by the dew-drop kissed, Sweet blushing quailed; And drowned in purple vales of amethyst The moon-mad bulbuls wailed. Blooms of the Berry Birds sang lustily in the trees; the throaty trill of the tufted bulbul sounding inexpressibly sweet,—the thyial, too, like a glorified canary, made music for her by the way. Banked Fires The birds seemed to be attracted, with bulbuls, to the tree Trema orientalis. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 To notesTHERE was once a bulbul, and one day as he was flying about, he saw a tree on which was a little fruit. Indian Fairy Tales It wouldn’t be the end of the word if we don’t catch the bulbuls. We Don't Need to Shoot Birds 2010-07-26T20:33:00Z By the twinkling mere I sing Where lake lilies stretch pale eyes, And a bulbul there doth fling Music at the moon who flies. Blooms of the Berry ‘Why do you weep, old man?’ said one, in a voice as clear and musical as that of the bulbul. The Brown Fairy Book The bulbul hummeth like a book Upon the pooh-pooh tree, And now and then he takes a look At you and me, At me and you. The Battle of the Bays The bulbul was delighted when he saw the beautiful red flower, which he still thought a fruit, and said, “When it is ripe, it will be a delicious fruit.” Indian Fairy Tales In other words, its closest relatives are not the greenbuls common to many of the Africa forests, but other bulbuls from Asia. We Don't Need to Shoot Birds 2010-07-26T20:33:00Z And hearing the bulbuls calling in the direction of Najma’s house that evening, he repairs thither. The Book of Khalid "I should certainly think I was in Persia!" said the doctor,—"only the bulbul knows nothing of scientific discoveries, I fancy." Say and Seal, Volume I All was radiant: down below, the orange grove of our arrival rang with nightingales and bulbuls; there was a scent of heaven, an undertone of racing waters. In the Tail of the Peacock The bulbul was much pleased and said, “I will sit here till this fruit is ripe, and then I will eat it.” Indian Fairy Tales The common bulbul must have invaded Africa early on in its evolutionary history and done well on the continent. We Don't Need to Shoot Birds 2010-07-26T20:33:00Z His lute is also with him; and he will continue to practise the few lessons which the bulbuls of the poplar groves have taught him. The Book of Khalid One breathes in the roses, and hearkens to the bulbuls—our Aryan nightingales—all day and all night long. A Victor of Salamis They had with them some camels, antelopes, bulbuls, and monkeys—like any travelling caravan, and were dressed in the most outrageous and outlandish attire. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages “Never mind,” said the bulbul, “I am going to sit here, and when this fruit is ripe, I shall eat it.” Indian Fairy Tales The bulbul whistles sweet notes like those of a thrush. When the Birds Begin to Sing The bulbul, the black-bird, the salamander, the burro, and the burro-boy, are to each other shades of noon-day sun: Happy, loving, generous, and free;–– As happy as each other, and as free. The Book of Khalid I hear the bulbuls calling From blooming tree to tree. A Victor of Salamis The Persian has a funny hat, He often sits upon a mat; He hears the bulbul sing, and roves Through rose-gardens and lemon groves. Little People: An Alphabet Now the cuckoo knew that this tree was the cotton-tree, but the bulbul did not. Indian Fairy Tales Both the species of bulbul common in the plains ascend the lower ranges of the Himalayas. Birds of the Indian Hills I smell them, and the tears flow down my cheeks; I can not even like the noon-day bulbul Whisper with my wings, salaam! The Book of Khalid And prouder of her youth, The while unto her flaming heart The bulbul gave his truth. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Salámán and Absál Together With A Life Of Edward Fitzgerald And An Essay On Persian Poetry By Ralph Waldo Emerson Then as the sun arose, the bulbul and the sun-birds were seen quivering in thousands over the nectar-giving flowers of the field. My First Voyage to Southern Seas First comes the bud, which the bulbul thought a fruit, then the flower, and the flower becomes a big pod, and the pod bursts and all the cotton flies away. Indian Fairy Tales Neither of these bulbuls ascends the hills very high, but I have seen the former at the Brewery below Naini Tal. Birds of the Indian Hills The rose loses its perfume, the 77 grape-vine its clusters, the bulbul its wings, the dawn its light and glamour. The Book of Khalid He plays an important part in Persian poetry under the name of bulbul. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Young Leila sits in her jasmine bower, And she hears the bulbul sing, As it thrills its throat to the first full note, That anthems the flowery spring. The Bon Gaultier Ballads “What is all this that is flying about?” said the bulbul. Indian Fairy Tales The only other species of bulbul commonly seen in the hills is a very different bird. Birds of the Indian Hills And the black-birds too are dozing, and the bulbuls flitting by whisper with their wings, ‘salaam.’ The Book of Khalid It would be a good work to give us some of the good things of Hafiz and the Persians; of bulbuls and ghuls we have had enough. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 There is the usual red patch under the tail and a patch of the same hue on each side of the face, whence the English name for the bird—the red-whiskered bulbul. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The bulbul got very angry and all the birds went away. Indian Fairy Tales We now come to the last of the Crateropodidæ—the bulbuls. Birds of the Indian Hills But it is a joy to stand on the bridge above the stream that flows between them, and listen to the muazzen in the minaret and the bulbuls in the Temple. The Book of Khalid Walk not, my flower, within the garden close, Lest thou should give the bulbul new distress; For at thy glance each blossom turns a rose To lure him with her cruel loveliness. Hindustani Lyrics The sitting bulbul does not appear to mind the daily shower-bath it receives when the mali waters the plant. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Then the cuckoo called all the other birds, and they came and mocked the bulbul. Indian Fairy Tales Its crest is pointed and its cheeks are white like those of an Otocompsa bulbul. Birds of the Indian Hills I can even hear bulbuls singing in your brows.––Turn not 297 from me your eyes. The Book of Khalid The bulbul, though not the bird known by that name in Persia, is a pretty songster; but he is as desperate a fighter as a gamecock. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 Sometimes as many as three or four pairs of bulbuls attempt to rear up families in one verandah. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Again, while many characteristic Oriental families are quite absent, like the vultures, woodpeckers, pheasants and bulbuls, the Australian region has many other fairly ancient birds, found nowhere else on the surface of our modern planet. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Many Himalayan birds have rather discordant notes, and in this respect these mountains do not compare favourably with the Nilgiris, where the blithe notes of the bulbuls are very pleasing to the ear. Birds of the Indian Hills And the bulbuls are pouring their golden splendour of song. The Book of Khalid "My heart flutters like the wing of a bulbul," answered the Babu; "but I am content, sahib." In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India The word "attempt" is used advisedly, because, owing to the exposed situations in which nests are built, large numbers of eggs and young bulbuls are destroyed by boys, cats, snakes and other predaceous creatures. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Can't you see Helen's face over the hogs, when she has wanted to raise bulbuls and white peacocks, with a few antelopes and gazelles wandering around. Kit of Greenacre Farm If this shares the fate of the first set, some more are laid, so that eventually a family of bulbuls hatches out. Birds of the Indian Hills They drank the wine of the Jesuits, repeated, to the mellow strains of the lute, the song of the bulbuls, intoned the verses of Al-Mutanabbi, and, wrapping themselves in their rugs, fell asleep. The Book of Khalid Holy Allah!" exclaimed the pacha, yawning; "is this the bulbul singing to the rose?—What is it all about, Mustapha? or what is it written for, but to send one asleep? The Pacha of Many Tales Unlike bulbuls these birds are careful to conceal the nest. A Bird Calendar for Northern India We are hardly fit to live in this beautiful world, with its laughing girls and grapes, its summer seas, its sunshine and flowers, its Garnet Wolseleys and bulbuls. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series Such is, in brief, the character of the great majority of bulbuls; they present a fine example of rewarded virtue, for these amiable little birds are very abundant; they flourish like the green bay tree. Birds of the Indian Hills The bulbul, of which they wrote and sang, was the European nightingale, which visits Persia in spring to sing and love and nest. Persia Revisited They, as a rule, smoke anything They pick up free of charge; But they leave you to rest while the bulbuls sing Through the night, my own, my large! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 Numbers of bulbuls' nests are likely to be found in July, but the breeding time of these birds is rapidly drawing to its close. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Still he turns restlessly and whimpers, though they pat him and shampoo him, and call him fond names and tell him soothing stories of bulbuls and flowers and woolly sheep. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series The two types of bulbul stand to one another in much the same relationship as does the honest Breton peasant to the inhabitant of the Quartier Latin in Paris. Birds of the Indian Hills They pass as far South as Shiraz, where they meet the plump little Indian bulbul, which is often mistaken for the Shiraz poets' singing-bird. Persia Revisited All right, my lobster-snouted bulbul," said I, delighted with the importunity of abusing him; "that is the dryest place you could keep it in, old spoolcotton! Cobwebs from an Empty Skull In the first days of March the bulbuls begin to breed. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Ye too, who dwell so merry in the trees,-- Quick-darting parrots, bee-birds, bulbuls, doves,-- None of ye hate your life, none of ye deem To strain to better by foregoing needs! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Black bulbuls seem never to descend to the ground; they keep almost entirely to the tops of lofty trees and so occur only in well-wooded parts of the hills. Birds of the Indian Hills She was of her beauty proud, And prouder of her youth, The while unto her flaming heart The bulbul gave his truth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 The prince was the bulbul, the college was Gulistan, and the princess the rose sought.—Tennyson, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The hen has the appearance of a kind of bulbul, being chestnut-hued with a white breast and a metallic blue-black crest. A Bird Calendar for Northern India You angel—you peri—you rosebud, let me be thy bulbul—thy Bulbo, too! The Rose and the Ring Black bulbuls, like sunbirds, get well dusted with pollen while diving into flowers after nectar, and so probably act the part of insects as regards the cross-fertilisation of large flowers. Birds of the Indian Hills Ye, too, who dwell so merry in the trees— Quick-darting parrots, bee-birds, bulbuls, doves— None of ye hate your life, none of ye deem To strain to better by foregoing needs! The Light of Asia The bulbul loved the rose, and Gulistan means the "garden of roses." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The sunbirds, the fantail flycatchers, the orioles, the golden-backed woodpeckers, the white-breasted kingfishers and the black partridges call as lustily as ever, and the bulbuls continue to twitter to one another "stick to it!" A Bird Calendar for Northern India Her face broke into flowers, red flowers at the mouth, Her voice,—she sang for hours like bulbuls in the south. India's Love Lyrics It is a reddish brown bird, rather larger than a bulbul, with a black-crested head. Birds of the Indian Hills For having introduced tea into Western Asia the inhabitants of the land of "the gul and the bulbul" claim the secret of making a perfect infusion of the celestial leaves. By-Ways of Bombay The obedient bulbul at once flew off to find some, but though he flew for miles, peeping into every garden by the way, he could not discover a single green pepper. Tales of the Punjab In 1913 the writer first saw a bulbul's nest on the 5th March. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Had he been a bulbul and continued to feel as he did, he would have poured into the ear of night such roundelays as had never been conceived of by that disciplined singer. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields The addition of the adjective "Bengal" is important, for every province of India has its own special species of bulbul. Birds of the Indian Hills "Now tell me, my bulbul, why do you laugh?" Louisa of Prussia and Her Times The bulbul alighted in the middle of the garden, and, lo! there grew a solitary pepper plant, and amid the polished leaves shone a single green fruit of immense size, gleaming like an emerald. Tales of the Punjab They are known as the Madras, the Bengal, the Punjab, etc., red-vented bulbul. A Bird Calendar for Northern India “Of course, if you want something really Persian and passionate, with red wine and bulbuls in it,” I went on to suggest; but she grabbed the book away from me. Reginald The Molpastes bulbul is a bird about half as big again as the sparrow, but with a longer tail. Birds of the Indian Hills You angel—you Peri—you rosebud, let me be thy bulbul—thy Bulbo, too! The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh Can the rose cease to remember its beloved bulbul?—Ah, no! Burlesques The average bulbul loses six broods for every one it succeeds in rearing. A Bird Calendar for Northern India A bulbul sang from the branches a song of invitation. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Every thicket, every tree—nay, every bush on the hills—has its pair of bulbuls. Birds of the Indian Hills She was looking like a bulbul, a gazelle, and a tea-rose, and her eyes were as soft and bright as two quarts of cream skimmed off from the Milky Way. Roads of Destiny There, no doubt, they tread on rugs from Teheran and are diverted by the bulbul and play upon the dulcimer and feed upon sweetmeats. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million O that long note the bulbul gave out—meaning love! Poems — Volume 1 I was forty, and at forty the practical considerations of life hold their own even against domes of marble, world-renowned, and set about with gardens where the bulbul sings to the rose. The Pool in the Desert A bird about the size of a bulbul. Birds of the Indian Hills Black bulbuls seem never to descend to the ground. Birds of the Indian Hills By that time the occupant of the monogamistic harem would be in dreamland, the bulbul silenced and the hour propitious for slumber. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million The king-crow is about the size of a bulbul, but he has a tail 6 or 7 inches long, which is gracefully forked. Birds of the Indian Hills In respect of nesting habits, black bulbuls conform more closely to the ways of their tribe than they do in other matters. Birds of the Indian Hills Striated green bulbuls go about in flocks which keep to the tops of trees. Birds of the Indian Hills A bulbul's nest is a beautifully-shaped cup, usually placed in a bush at about 3 feet from the ground. Birds of the Indian Hills As a rule, the bulbul selects an exposed site for its nest; in consequence many of the eggs are devoured by lizards. Birds of the Indian Hills I presume that every reader is familiar with the common bulbul of the plains. Birds of the Indian Hills A speckled black-and-white woodpecker about the size of a bulbul. Birds of the Indian Hills As we have seen, most bulbuls are inoffensive, respectable birds, that lead a quiet, domesticated life. Birds of the Indian Hills But we are wandering away from our black bulbuls. Birds of the Indian Hills The song of most bulbuls is a medley of pleasant tinkling notes; the cries of the black bulbuls are harsh and unlovely. Birds of the Indian Hills Black bulbuls look black only when seen from a distance. Birds of the Indian Hills A party of half a dozen untidy black birds, with moderately long tails, which keep to the tops of trees and make much noise, may with certainty be set down as black bulbuls. Birds of the Indian Hills Most bulbuls are pretty birds and are most particular about their personal appearance. Birds of the Indian Hills The bulbuls that we have been considering are inoffensive little birds which lead quiet and respectable lives. Birds of the Indian Hills When their eggs are put to this base use, the bulbuls, to quote "Eha," are "sorry," but their grief is short-lived. Birds of the Indian Hills It is seen in many bulbuls, robins, and woodpeckers, and in the pitta. Birds of the Indian Hills Black bulbuls utter a variety of notes, most of which are pleasing to the human ear, although they incline to harshness. Birds of the Indian Hills Black bulbuls are as untidy as it is possible for a bird to be. Birds of the Indian Hills Nor is it the only bulbul living on the hills. Birds of the Indian Hills The tinkling sounds of this bulbul form the dominant notes of the bird chorus. Birds of the Indian Hills Crows in particular are addicted to young bulbuls, and take full advantage of the simplicity of the parent birds. Birds of the Indian Hills But the bulbul is a philosophic little bird. Birds of the Indian Hills |
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