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单词 lory
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Theo nodded so vigorously the little lory raised her wings and scuttled sideways down his arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Yet the ferries are crammed with them: Indonesian soldiers returning from a tour in Papua typically pack a few wild cockatoos or lories to sell. Asia’s appetite for endangered species is relentless 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z
They walked, hitchhiked, stole rides atop freight trains and climbed aboard empty lories after setting out from the Guatemala border in search of safety or a better lot in life. 'If our countries were safe, we wouldn't leave': the harsh reality of Mexico's migrant caravan 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z
High winds had earlier caused lories to overturn in Greater Manchester and on the during the morning rush hour. Fierce storms force mass evacuations 2013-12-05T23:09:13Z
Cages are full of birds such as the cardinal lory, but whether breeding takes place is unclear More than 40,000 of these were declared as captive-bred. Solomons 'launders' exotic birds 2012-07-17T07:45:50Z
The parrots are restricted to parrakeets, of which there are several species, and a single small lory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z
They give in exchange ambergris, sea snails, tortoiseshell, small pearls, birds of Paradise, lories, and other birds, which they stuff with great dexterity. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z
Big Winslow took off his hat, waved it over his head, and gave voice to a splendid specimen of a British cheer, which, I daresay, relieved his feelings as much as it startled the lories. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z
The local folks help by bringing their pet lories to sample. Scientist at Work Blog: On Gawa, Swiftlets, Parasites and Limestone 2011-10-28T19:36:12Z
There was no sound outside except the soughing of the wind through the jungle and the lackadaisical chatter of the pargams and lories. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z
Beyond, high up, stood the enchanted forest in the depth of which the red-winged, green-crested lories flitted with noiseless undulations from tree to tree or waked strident echoes with their hoarse-throated calls. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z
Any number of animals were scattered over the estate: there was a cage full of monkeys; a few lories; dogs, cats, some tame squirrels and an exquisite little dwarf deer, which ran about loose. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z
Like a multi-colored dust of the explosion burst a myriad of screaming birds, lories, parakeets, kingfishers, flashing motes of green and blue and scarlet in the sunshine. Where the Pavement Ends
Lyre birds, argus pheasants, great eagles, and owls from Java, doves, pigeons, lories, and humming birds, the metallic lustre of whose plumage flashes in the light like the sheen of steel. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83
Cockatoos, wood pigeons, lories, and black-birds, somewhat larger than those of Europe, abounded in the woods. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
The long-tailed finches lilted over the reeds in anxious pursuit of their short-tailed, and therefore more nimble, mates; the crested lories called hoarsely from the mysterious depths of the jungle. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z
This picture represents a cockatoo, one of the parrot tribe, of which there are at least 250 species, including, besides this, the parrot, macaw, lory, parrakeet, etc., etc. Mamma's Stories about Birds
This bear, a cat, a dog, and a lory from New Holland, used to eat amicably out of the same dish. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
The feathered tribes of the island were all represented—tetras, jacamars, pheasants, lories, as well as the chattering cockatoos, parrots, and paroquets. The Secret of the Island
At one place, however, we traded with the natives, and bought several more of the stuffed paradise birds, and a number of live lories, which we kept in cages, and beautiful little creatures they were. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler
We found the woods as we proceeded full of birds of magnificent plumage, parrots, cockatoos, lories, and others of exquisite form and colour, which Blyth at once declared were birds of paradise. The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book
Lories are so called from their frequently repeating the word lory. Mamma's Stories about Birds
“But you wouldn’t eat parrots, uncle, lories, and paroquets, and these sort of birds?” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas
One day he took his gun with the intention of shooting a specimen of the lovely Blue Mountain parrot or lory, and this he meant to skin and preserve. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales
It was usual for this bear, the cat, the dog, and a small blue mountain bird, or lory, of New Holland, to mess together and eat out of the same dish. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
Brush-tongued lories, black cockatoos, and gorgeously coloured pigeons, though somewhat less antique, perhaps, in type, give a special character to the bird-life of the country. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
Unlike the owls, however, the owl-parrot, true to the vegetarian instincts of the whole lory race, lives almost entirely upon sprigs of mosses and other creeping plants. Science in Arcady
“Where did you shoot that beautiful lory, uncle?” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas
They are all very tame and very cheap; and some of the scarlet lories, looking like a flame of fire, chatter in the most amusing way. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
Among the Cockatoos, the visitor should notice the great white cockatoo from the Indian Archipelago; and here also are the Alexandrine parroquet and the Papuan lory. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
Dim is the regal peacock and lory, And the pheasant, iridescent, Pales before the gleam and glory Of the jewel-change incessant, When the sun is streaming o'er thee! Voices for the Speechless
A very peculiar and exceptional offshoot of the parrot group is the brush-tongued lory, several species of which are common in Australia, India, and the Molucca Islands. Science in Arcady
A considerable number of African and Amazonian parrots, Bengal parroquets, four species of white and rose crested cockatoos, and two species of crimson lories, remained at large for many years. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28
Not at all scientific; but I, of course, can now tell a lory from a Java sparrow, and a bullfinch from a canary. Vivian Grey
Honeysuckers and lories take the place of the woodpeckers, barbets, trogons, and fruit thrushes of the western islands, and the many mammals belonging to Asiatic genera are no more seen. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
Wallace, Mr., the beaks and faces of brush-tongued lories covered with pollen. Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
And the brush-tongued lories, that search for nectar among the bells of Malayan blossoms, are the brightest-coloured of all the parrot tribes. Science in Arcady
Dear lory, may his beak retain Ever its delicate rose stain As if the wounded lotus-blossoms Had marked their thief to know again! Dramatic Romances
Here, too, came oftener than elsewhere a flock of lories, making the dark low trees gay with flying living blossoms. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn
"I fancy it's a lory, with one 'r,'" said Clovis lazily, "in which case it's no good to you." The Chronicles of Clovis
The most remarkable were the fine crimson lory, Eos rubra—a brush-tongued parroquet of a vivid crimson colour, which was very abundant. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1
Yet the New Zealand owl-parrot is, to put it plainly, a lory which has assumed all the outer appearance and habits of an owl. Science in Arcady
Thousands of birds, the lories, and greenfinches, and gold-winged pigeons, not to speak of the noisy paroquets, flew about in the green branches. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant
The feathered tribes of the island were all represented—grouse, jacamars, pheasants, lories, as well as the chattering cockatoos, parrots, and paroquets. The Mysterious Island
Large flocks of them came about the plantation, and formed a magnificent object when they settled down upon some flowering tree, on the nectar of which lories feed. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1
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