| 单词 | night bird |
| 例句 | A night bird called among the ruins as they walked. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the chickens settled, the night birds got to talking. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Dany could hear the distant call of night birds, the hiss and crackle of the torches, the gentle lapping of water from the lake. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From deep in the hole something called, like the lonely wail of a night bird. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A night bird was singing from a tree branch, just singing its heart out, urgent and feverish, like it was put there to sing the moon up to the top of the sky. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But now, only a few night birds and insects broke the silence—crickets, an owl, some other bird I had no name for. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And I didn’t hear the night bird singing anymore. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bats flitted through the canopy, and the night birds screamed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A burning stick settled in the fire; a night bird called. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Day and night birds cackling, cooing, calling, singing together. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There were paths leading here and there among the lamp-hung oleander trees, but not a sound of life could be heard: no night birds singing, no insects, nothing but Will’s own footsteps. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A night bird cried in a tree above them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Will and Lyra could hear very faintly to the north the cry of some night bird. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was little, Mama used to tell me it was night birds fighting each other. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Just the night bird singing up the moon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "We shall see," said Primus, and his voice was the wail of a distant night bird. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The fallen leaves made a soft carpet for her feet and the night birds flew into the sky as she passed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Asta was a night bird of some kind, perching on the side and looking down. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Now I knew perfectly well that the diamond was in my evening bag and that when Marco knocked me down my evening bag had soared, like a night bird, into the enveloping darkness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A distant thunderstorm in Argentina sent up flashes of light from the east, while the screech of night birds cut through the darkness. In Chile’s Elqui Valley, Intergalactic Sightseeing Is the Star 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Swayed by his friends' unanimous enthusiasm, Plop, newly proud to be a night bird, declares that "Dark is Super". Darkness in literature: Jill Tomlinson's The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark 2012-12-13T10:55:10Z The simplest textures, the songs of a night bird? The famous and famously vain men of Carly Simon's 'Boys in the Trees' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z In a statement, Ms. Mastroianni lamented the loss of one of New York’s oldest and best-loved night birds, who was, in her phrase, “an icon of the fashion community.” Zelda Kaplan, a Fixture on the Fashion, Dies at a Runway Show 2012-02-16T22:32:50Z He is not a night bird, nor a big video game or film buff, preferring instead - when not training - to live a quiet life at home, relaxing. How Haaland became a footballing phenomenon 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The birders have nearly six hours left to find the 14 day birds and four night birds that are still in play, according to Gallo. Extreme Birding Competition Is a Cutthroat Test of Skill, Strategy and Endurance 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z “We could really use some night birds,” Bernstein said. 130 species, 187 miles and lots of energy drinks: Inside the World Series of Birding 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z A night bird called unseen from the forest and crickets chanted. Nature’s gift to Washingtonians: some of the last, best stargazing in the world 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z I'm a bit of a night bird, so it was no problem for me that he liked to work at odd hours. Who is Julian Assange? By the people who know him best 2012-08-24T22:00:52Z The night birds circled around him and hastened him on his way, but Kewalu was awakened. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z Above, some night birds crossed unseen, flapping their wings. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z "I heard nothing, sir," said I, giving him a surly look, which he returned with that blank stare of the eyes, noticeable in hawks and kites and foul night birds surprised by light. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z I heard more plainly the cry of some night birds over Nethermere, and the peevish, wailing, yarling cry of some beast in the wood. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Because he is silent at such times, and moves swiftly, he is generally unnamed—just a night bird, you think, and let him pass without another thought. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Then she hastened after him and her plaintive cry was louder and clearer than the voices of the night birds. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z Thinking that these were night birds, she paid no heed to them. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Silence now, except for the wind soughing through the tall mysterious-looking pine trees, or the occasional bark of fox or scream of night bird. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z There was to him nothing boding or sinister in the voices of the night birds, any more than there was in the jubilant shout of the cuckoo by day, or the twanging of the nightingale. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z They were night birds, all three, seldom appearing before half-past ten, and often working in the office late after she had gone. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z Away in the darkness 108 beyond the leaping fires, a Sambhur deer, probably disturbed by our lights, was barking to his mate, and in a tree near at hand a night bird hooted dolefully. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The cat tribe, some night birds, and many reptiles can see better in darkness than in daylight. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The night bird was eyeing him with a curious wistfulness. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Strange cries of night birds came from the broad river, sweeping silently past them in the darkness. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z By yon lake a loon is calling And the night bird answers back, Keeping vigil o'er the slumbers Of the weary lumberjack. By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z The campfire was now dead, and 40 the locality was still save for the voice of a night bird and the occasional splash of a leaping fish. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z The mournful hooting of great owls sounded from the woods, with now and then the cry of a night bird, or shriek of wounded bird. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z For two years she had been numbered among the night birds who flit out after dark—a member of the oldest profession in the world. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z I waited I should think a minute, but no further sound came, whereupon I again repeated the cry of the night bird. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z They were unreliable even as watch-dogs, for they would run from their own shadow, and they would blaze away at nothing for half an hour if they heard a night bird flutter in the bush. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z "There's bound to be some misfortune," muttered someone, as a night bird croaked in the trees. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z The ghostly cry of a night bird echoed from the craggy height which overhung the camp, and far away over the plain a most weird and melancholy howling was borne upon the night wind. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z “Perhaps it was a night bird fleeing from the storm.” The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z At the time I put it down to the night bird, but now it occurred to me that it might have been a means whereby she obtained entrance. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z She sat watching till he finished, then listened to the medley of frightened night birds from the dark down the hill. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Whether or no it was the firing that had frightened even the night birds into temporary quiet, not even a twig stirred in the darkness below. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Upstairs I could hear Mrs. Galway tramping round as she went to bed, which was considerate of her as she was something of a night bird. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z Us tell her night birds full of magic and dere feathers roast in ashes work spells what kill evil conjure. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z While I string up my rhymes to make them chord, And thus thy melancholy fate record, Perhaps near thee, In some old tree, The lonely night bird sings thy funeral ode! Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z Soft as flame ascending, swift as night bird flying, I circled past her among my familiar tree brothers. The Fire Bird 2011-02-07T03:00:26.667Z It is not any night bird's trilling, for I know my singers of the dark, every one. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Even the night birds had given up hope and withdrawn to their various nests. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z It was the call of the big night bird with the ears. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z And in the night we shall listen to the little night bird of the desert, the Hoetska. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z The man that sings in my bower must have some other object in view than gratifying his own ears or those of the night birds with his plaintive melody. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 A night bird screamed in the forest behind them, echoing eerily around the still castle. The Princess Galva A Romance Too true, alas! the night bird's curse, For 'neath the trees did hover, An envious wight with arquebus, T'await his rival lover. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The night birds sang their parting song, and then came the almost utter silence of the night. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West For a moment he blinked in the light like a storm-driven night bird. The Land of Strong Men In the radiance it looked like some struggling night bird beating its way against the storm and darkness. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship Now and then the cry of some night bird or animal would startle the sentries, but they would soon turn therefrom and listen for more important sounds. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind There is a night bird called the whip-o-will that set in a tree up near the barn and called another one across the lake whose answer I could just hear. Living Up to Billy The sharp call of night birds awakened monkeys that kept up a maddening chatter. Tahara Among African Tribes Just then a night bird swept low into the court, gave a shrill cry, then away over the roofs. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Suddenly the mournful and prolonged cry of a night bird is heard from the crest of the rocks that overhang the defile. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century This absorbed and serious Chalmers was so unlike the frivolous night bird who reviled his art editor that Ewing forbore to distract him. Ewing\\'s Lady Listening intently, he gave forth the cry of a night bird, then again. Harley Greenoak's Charge The sound of jungle life came to him, the sharp cries of night birds, the yelping of wild animals. Tahara Among African Tribes Each stealthy rustle in the brake—every weird cry of night bird or beast, near or for—carried with it a new terror. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Or the hoot of a night bird hawking above the silent expanse, and the droning boom of a great beetle mingling with the shrill, whistling voice of tree frogs. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Close at hand could be heard the murmur of the leaves in the forest, the chatter of monkeys, and the call of night birds, arrested a little while ago by the reports of the rifles. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The club had three classes of members—the day grubs and the evening and the night birds. Black Diamonds In the garden outside, night birds sang softly and there was a constant sound of running water from many fountains. The Golden Amazons of Venus In the more distant portions of the grove Diana's soft silvery light ruled alone, and here deep, chaste silence reigned, interrupted only here and there by the note of some night bird. The Scarlet Banner Down somewhere from those stars overhead drops a call silvery as a flute, clear as a piccolo—some night bird lilting like a mote on the far oceans of air. The Story of the Trapper There was the chatter of a regiment of monkeys, the call of night birds innumerable, and the droning hum of the insects. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The night birds began to fly around, uttering their shrill cries. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Scared night birds swept fluttering by us, while a low whining noise seemed to be gliding away close to the ground. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors The night birds rose screaming from the rocks, and began their wavering flight. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Owls and other night birds which had found an asylum here, disturbed by the steps of the two nightly wanderers, now soared aloft to the highest turrets. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Down by the river a few faint sounds of night birds could be heard, and then loneliness and homesickness had their time, denied during every other hour of the twenty-four. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas At a distance a few night birds were calling, and occasionally the howl of some lonely wolf could be heard, but that was all. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck She leaned forward, for it seemed to her there was a stir among the trees; it was only some night bird in quest of its prey. A Mad Love The wind blows wilder, darkness comes, The rock is bare, night birds soar far; Thick clouds scud o'er the gloomy heav'ns Unvisited by any star. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children From the hollows the frogs croaked dismally, and here and there a night bird uttered its lonely cry, but otherwise all was silent. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon More likely it will shine from the eyes of the only night bird of the winter woods, an owl. Old Plymouth Trails The silence was oppressive, broken only by the occasional note of a night bird or the dismal croaking of a frog in some hollow and the answering squeak of a lizard. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck The night birds—or, rather, they’re a kind of early morning bird—sang out with their long, falling notes like nightingales. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The forest seemed alive with the screeching of night birds, the angry barking of coyotes, and the prolonged, dismal howl of the gray wolf. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 As the mill-house was left behind, all became quiet, and in the grove nothing disturbed them but the hum of the insects and the occasional cry of some night bird. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon Beside the calls of the whippoorwill and the other night birds, there are a hundred little noises that seem to be voices talking to one another in some soft, mysterious language. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars As a precaution I had waited for a moonless night, and had made my exit with no more noise than was caused by one of the night birds or little beasts that visited our island. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography I seemed to hear the night birds twittering to bring in the dawn.” In the Heart of a Fool The cry of a night bird out on the prairie told that it, too, was preying, or being preyed upon; and, as if being stirred by this, a panther sent his wail across the night. Wings of the Wind For a moment there was no sound, except the distant murmur of waters, and the chatter of some night bird. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West The night bird, leaving its solitary retreat in the hollow of the old tree, disturbs the melancholy of the forests....” Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' There was no light; the rustle of leaves with the flow of waters from the ravine, joined their mournful whispers with the wail of the night bird. Mabel's Mistake I seem to hear the night birds’ voices that make the dawn.” In the Heart of a Fool Then out of the many small night sounds of the wilderness he heard behind him 213 the long call of a night bird in flight. The Flute of the Gods But the flock of night birds had not flown out into the sun. Dwellers in the Hills Like huge night birds the P-51's took off and headed east. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin The hobbled horses grazed not far away; a night bird twitted solitarily in the brush; and from the depths of the forest came the scream of some savage creature out on its kill. The Heart of Thunder Mountain But as he climbed the sun seemed to climb higher and higher; and, as he neared the top, a cold cloud settled like a night bird on the mountain. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The night bird has sung her beauty in the empty forest. The Road to Frontenac There was no sound except a night bird calling from the highest pine-tip. Tharon of Lost Valley A little too cool for insect voices, a little too late in the season for night birds, the soft dropping of the yellow leaves scarce stirred those already fallen. Say and Seal, Volume I Now and then there was a cry of some night bird, or of a distant wolf. The Cave Twins The night was almost absolutely silent, only now and then a peculiarly shrill cry of some night bird reached us from the woods. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Then the monkeys commence their screeching and chattering and soon after the owls and other night birds take their turn, making the now dense darkness more terrible with their harsh, sinister cries. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) All was still save for the music of the night bird of song. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls There is never a sound save the night bird’s cry, And the languid water lapsing by— Lapsing—lapsing—lapsing—lapsing— Under the arch of a leaden sky. Sprays of Shamrock I rubbed my eyes and gazed in the air above, expecting to see a night bird or a bat. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Nothing broke the quiet save the shrill cry of some night bird down by the river, and the low roar of the distant weir. The Seven Secrets Then the wind died out; a night bird whistled in the starlight; a white moth hummed up and down the vines over the porch. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories But now the screech of the night bird and the soughing of the wind fell upon deaf ears for she was so absorbed in the one idea of getting home that all else was unheeded. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The sea roared, strident calls of the night birds broke the stillness, the gulls complained with a lament like tortured children. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan The ominous cry of a night bird startled her; she edged timidly up to him; and he had to exert all his self-control, so eager was he to clasp her to him. Werwolves They danced and feasted and sang, until the camp-fires smouldered and died out, and the night birds made their last faint twitterings before seeking rest. The Sheep Eaters Now and then the call of a night bird or the cry of a wild animal in the thickets came through the heavy air. Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam The mortars cease their thunderous work for the night; and ere long the only sounds heard are the rush of the mighty waters, or the faint cry of the night birds in the forest. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The October wind drew down in gusts from the mountains above Subiaco, and blew the doctor's long cloak about so that it flapped softly now and then like the wings of a night bird. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Here Colonel Ingersoll's "night birds"—for angels he has no use—move with "rustling of wings." The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 I think it was some new kind of night bird.” The Boy Scouts on the Yukon She calls to Carol in vain; only the shrill cry of some night bird through the air, and the beating of her pulses, answer that he will not come! When the Birds Begin to Sing Then he thought it was some night bird, haunting the eaves of his cottage, or the tangle of wood the country people called his garden. Tongues of Conscience Out of the dark at their north window, there came the piping of a night bird. Young Hilda at the Wars "Anpetusapa's glance would meet The night bird that can sing so sweet." Indian Legends of Minnesota It was only the beat of a night bird's wings. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland Henry twice heard the swish of a heavy night bird over their heads, but he knew the sound and paid no attention to it. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods As he spoke, the cry of a night bird sounded on the still air, but, strangely enough, it seemed to come from directly below their window, instead of from the air above. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite Some wandering night bird flew in through my open window and startled me with its frantic efforts to escape from the room. A Son of the Immortals At that moment a peculiar cry rang out from a couple of hundred yards or so away—a weird, strange whoop that might have come from some night bird sweeping through the darkness overhead. In the Mahdi's Grasp It is a bird that bears a good many different names; one of the most appropriate is that of the ‘night-jar,’—though it is not really a night bird, but more of the twilight. Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home And all the night beasts and night birds and night insects give a sunset chorus in the jungles at nightfall. Fairy Tales from Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore A night bird screamed in the forest, and then there was utter silence, until a soft splash in the water beside him revealed the ugly head of a huge black crocodile following the dug-out. Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos The first thing that I noticed was the faint call of a night bird. Kari the Elephant Then, after they had gotten into the hills and were winging like night birds up the mountain road, Jim felt a cold little hand slip into his lean, warm paw. Still Jim Then, far away, a night bird called eagerly, tenderly to its mate, and Willa lifted tired, happy arms and placed them about the head bent above her, drawing it down. The Fifth Ace There were no night birds, nor night beasts, nor night flowers. Fairy Tales from Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore Then a shrill cry of some night bird, guards coming and going about the fort. A Little Girl in Old Quebec Long lies he upon that moonlit plain, neither hearing the cries of the night birds nor seeing the great ratlike quadrupeds that, in their curiosity, come crowding close to, and go running around him! Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco At first he thought some night bird or a bat might be flying around. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine Through the arches of the forest stole the soft, tremulous notes of a night bird—so faintly heard that even the trained ears of the ranger could do no more than guess the distance. The Phantom of the River It was the sound of the voices of all the night beasts, all the night birds, and all the night insects. Fairy Tales from Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore Suddenly we heard in the distance the long-drawn-out note of a night bird, repeated again and again, and each time nearer to us. At the Point of the Sword No other howl reached their ears, and the only sounds were that of the rushing stream as it tumbled over some rocks, and the cries of the night birds and the humming of the insects. For the Liberty of Texas From the mesquite groves a night bird calls When the western skies grow red; The sand storm sings his deadly song Above the sleeper's head. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp Gradually the little night birds recovered from their fright and their plaintive chorus resumed among the swamp grasses and underbrush. Every Man for Himself Out rushed all the night beasts and all the night birds and all the night insects and out rushed the great black cloud of night. Fairy Tales from Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore They thought it was some night bird attracted by the light, and took no notice. The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia From the woods came now and then the cry of a night bird, but that was all. For the Liberty of Texas At first no sounds were heard except the cries of night birds and the strange shrieks of animals in the forest. The Three Admirals “Remember!” cried Uncle Bob; “why it is one of their staple talks about how you stood against the night birds who used to play us such cowards’ tricks. Patience Wins War in the Works “Didn’t know a mole was a night bird.” The Black Bar “Yes, my boy; I have heard nothing but the cries of the night birds, and the creeping of something now and then among the boughs.” Fitz the Filibuster All was wonderfully still, not so much as a whisper could be heard of night bird or animal astir. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle Three hours elapsed before the pursuers gave any sign of leaving the place, and then a peculiar sound as of a night bird calling to its mate, caused them to start to their feet. The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan And little by little the noises of an African night were heard, growing in volume until from all sides came the cries of night birds and the songs of insects and tree-toads. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Across the plain which stretched before us came at intervals a faint cry, which sounded like the hoot of a night bird. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly An hour went by, a quiet hour, in which only the cries of the night birds and the occasional hoot of an owl disturbed them. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma A night bird brushed a slender wing against her curls as he shot by her. The Secret of the Storm Country I have, in fact, been a night bird ever since I came out of the schoolroom, when I habitually sat up reading till long past midnight. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 The night, by this time, had grown intensely still, even the insects and night birds having hushed their weird songs. The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains But they heard nothing but the call of a night bird and the far-off hoot of an owl. The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds The shrill cry of a night bird rang out upon the air, and Pawnee Brown listened attentively for a reply. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma A night bird uttered a shrill, belligerent cry and sank to silence in his tree top. The Secret of the Storm Country Every now and then a dark patch fluttered across the shining road, and with a weird and plaintive cry, a night bird dashed abruptly from hedge to hedge, and seemingly melted into nothingness. Scottish Ghost Stories On seeing this night bird flying overhead at the battle of Salamis, the soldiers considered it a good sign, took courage, and won the fight. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales At long intervals the weird cry of some night bird came from the woods, on the edge of which they were camped, but that was all. The Border Boys Across the Frontier If one could locate the place of incubation, the—er—nest from which these night birds of yours first stretched their wings, it might prove really worth while—no? Then I'll Come Back to You Out of the forest came the calls of night birds, and Robert saw one shoot down upon the lake and then rise with a fish in its talons. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis He saw, and softening every wily word Spoke in more melting music to her soul, And o'er her sense as when the fond night bird Woos the full rose o'erpowering fragrance stole. Zophiel A Poem His spirit, even with the mournful cry of night birds in his ears, had been schooled into the acceptance of a loneliness that to another might have seemed eternal and unendurable. Never-Fail Blake Are we going to perch on it, and drop down on top of the night birds after they let themselves in? The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight For the moment Joe had half forgotten those night birds whose mournful hooting along the trail, a few hours back, had first stirred him to alert suspicion. Then I'll Come Back to You Woodcocks, which are night birds, whistled as they do only in the dark. Our Day In the Light of Prophecy "That—oh, a night bird of some sort," Mr. Baldwin replied. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter There were sounds of insects, and the cries of night birds, and the rustling of leaves and foliage. Operation Terror They sat on their blankets beside a blazing campfire amid the great silence, broken only by the voices of the campers and the occasional cry of a night bird. The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains They heard now and then the wings of night birds among the leaves, and occasionally some small animal would scuttle across the path. The Tree of Appomattox The wild bears roared, the wolves all howled in fright, And from the swamps they heard the night birds call. Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse The blows of the hammers and the sounds of the saws made a greater noise than they had ever done before, so that the night birds were frightened and flew shrieking away. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter The hoarse snarl of the tiger, the finer cry of the leopard, the squawking of night birds, with other noises that he could not identify, were continually in the air. The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring We both hushed our breathing till we heard the moan of the water and the lament of some strange night bird. Montlivet The cry of some night bird came from the bush beyond the camp. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century The cayotes howled in the distance; there was a rush of unclean night birds above him, and the growling of panther cats in the underwood. Winter Evening Tales While he was deliberating there was a noise outside, as a night bird swept by the entrance to the hermit's den. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island Crockett emitted a whistle, low but clear and penetrating, almost like the song of a night bird, and in a half minute came the rejoinder. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad “He is a night bird, Harry—” said Mrs. Burton. The Claverings At this moment the moon shines upon the spot, and a night bird is calling to its mate in the mulberry tree near the northeast corner of the temple. Bunker Bean Not a living sound was to be heard, not even the cry of a night bird; nothing save the soft flowing of the water against the shore. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Without, the great red sun paused a moment over the edge of the swamp, and the long, low cry of night birds broke sadly on the twilight silence. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel It might have been only a dead twig snapping under the talons of a night bird alighting in the big oak tree. Six Feet Four It is all nonsense about witches being night birds; they often fly about at night, indeed, but only because they are like permanent children gloriously escaped for ever from their Nanas. Living Alone Not their footsteps," Tayoga whispered back, "but there was a soft call in the woods, the low cry of a night bird, and then the low cry of another night bird replying. The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain Now and then the call of a night bird fluttering from a tree near at hand, would send Margery and Tommy into a sudden panic. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas The night was balmy and still; only occasionally a wandering breeze searching the hidden places of the swamp, or the call and song of night birds, jarred the stillness. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel As he neared the top a cold cloud settled like a night bird on the mountain. Camping For Boys The fragrance of the flowers, the song of the night birds, the quiet moonlight, were the only guards, almost the only courtiers of the lonely man. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 The insects had ceased their shrilling; the night birds their chirping; the animals, great and small, their callings or their stealthy rustling to and fro. African Camp Fires By day he roosted, like a bat or a night bird, on some tree in a lonely wood. Stories of the Border Marches Still another night bird screamed, of some species with which Hazelton was wholly unacquainted. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater And when the night bird was gone she left a silence deeper than before. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Traffic has lain down to rest; and only Vice and Misery, to prowl or to moan like night birds, are abroad.—Carlyle. An English Grammar Every cry of a night bird from the marsh or the wood sent my heart into my mouth. In the Wrong Paradise The scouting party failed to hear a sound except the cries of night birds and their own heavy breathing. Nedra A night bird screamed, then flapped its wings close to Harry's face in its flight past him. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater I hungered at such times for the smoke of a camp-fire, for its resinous smells, for the distant calls of night birds, for the crackling flames that cast strange lights upon friendly faces. Sweetapple Cove He loathed the crew of repulsive night birds that he pencilled and painted in old Montmartre before the foreign invasion destroyed its native and spontaneous wickedness. Promenades of an Impressionist All through the night of the fifth of May there was a crowd on the Boulevard Suchet; and quidnuncs and night birds of every kind came trooping up to hear the latest news. The Teeth of the Tiger A night bird called in a hurried, frightened way, and upon the last notes came the eerie cry of a little night owl. Starr, of the Desert Again the call of a night bird, and once more a sound from shore seemed to answer it. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater So all through the long hours of darkness, Harold toiled on his lonely way, startled at times by the shriek of the night bird, and listening intently to catch the sign of danger. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession If so he thought it only some night bird in the brush. The Courage of Captain Plum Now and then he raised his head, disturbed by the fluttering and screams of the night birds, attracted by the extraordinary brilliancy of the countless wax tapers. The Shadow of the Cathedral It was merely the cry of the night bird, calling to its mate, one would have said, but Robert's attention was attracted by an odd inflection in it, a strain that seemed familiar. The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border "Hark, Dagaeoga, did you hear the cry of a night bird?" The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign Other night birds had found this roost—ladies who sleep by day, and some of the queer adventurers of the city which never goes to bed. The Soul of the War A warm breeze sighed in the tree tops, the rill tinkled nearby, and a night bird called in the distance. Madcap While the three white men kept them covered with their rifles, Selim ran to the gate, uttering the shrill cry of a night bird. The Man from Brodney's Some night birds arose from the boughs upon our coming, and then settled back; but Secundra, absorbed in his toil; heard or heeded not at all. Master of Ballantrae Vague winds rustled tree limbs, calls of night birds sounded, and other sounds. The Tarn of Eternity The rush and swoop of these wonderful night birds was all lost upon him; their heroic dash and self-sacrifice. The War in the Air It was wandering about, like a night bird which skims a lighted window with his wings, and the terrified young man was ready to scream with horror. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant Pong howled all night long, but his howls were as nothing compared to the screams of night birds in the trees close by. The Man from Brodney's I got out and climbed on the top of the rock, but all was still save for the gentle lap of the tide and the croak of some night bird among the crags. Mr. Standfast From the pasture woods came a low, sweet chorus of night life—frogs and insects and occasionally a night bird. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Not even a night bird twittered to help him out of his predicament. Old Indian Legends The night birds—or, rather, they’re a kind of early morning bird—sang out with their long, falling notes like nightingales. Island Nights' Entertainments Buck lay down, in the bottom of the boat, covered with a piece of sacking, and Sam took up the oars, when a long, sibilant whistle like a night bird floated keenly through the air. Lo, Michael! He listened attentively to the voice of every night bird, because it might not be real, but instead the imitation call of man to man. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis It was probably merely the beating of the wings of a night bird. The Dream Many of these night birds sleep in hallways, or on stoops. The Secrets of the Great City A night bird calls, and a vagrant zephyr Stirs your uncoiled hair on your bare bosom, But you do not move. Toward the Gulf He awoke several times; and the noise of the night birds alarmed him to such an extent that he was obliged to awaken the old monkey for company. Toby Tyler Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus Indeed, I am convinced that our cuckoo is to a considerable extent a night bird, and that he moves about freely from tree to tree. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton They are not screaming, Olof, but you seem to be more fond of a night bird that does scream. Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts His heart seemed weighted under a pressure that had taken all life from him, and close above him, in a balsam bough, a night bird twittered. The Grizzly King With hardly more noise than an alighting night bird, they dropped into the lane in which the auto was stalled. The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise The night birds clap their wings as the winds howl over them! Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling Impatient now I wait, The crescent moon swings low, it groweth late, A night bird sings, of Life, and Love, and Fate! The Miracle and Other Poems From them issued the sweet perfumes of wild flowers and the songs of night birds, such as are known in Virginia. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story The call of a night bird shrilled softly from the cottonwood trees along the Cimarron. The Ramblin' Kid A fresh wind fills the evening air With horrid crying of night birds.... Fairies and Fusiliers But there was a dead silence, broken only by the shrill cry of a night bird and the low rustling of the leaves in the autumn wind. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love It is the home of the most daring all-night eating-places, the smallest store, the largest store, the greatest revolving stage, the dreariest night court, and the drabest night birds in the world. Gaslight Sonatas The night winds moaned and sighed among the trees above us, while the night bird's notes came soothingly from the wilderness around as. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod But here I am; and as the night bird sings when the moon is risen, because the moon is beautiful and must be saluted, even so I am obedient. The Prince of India — Volume 01 With motion quick and noiseless as the movements of night birds, the inmates of the tents armed themselves, strapped their knapsacks, and got into the saddle. Annette, the Metis Spy She thought of him as a night bird. December Love When the marketing is over in the evening, and the village children sit in their mothers' laps, then the night birds will mockingly din her ears with: "Whose sleep will you steal now?" The Crescent Moon Three times he repeated the call that sounded like some night bird's song. The Boy Scouts on a Submarine The King penguins and "night birds" had laid by this time, and Hamilton added more eggs to his collection. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They listened intently, but only the occasional cry of a night bird broke the stillness. The Rover Boys out West Or, The Search for a Lost Mine If he were really a night bird he would surely have stood his ground. December Love Yet the only sounds that broke the stillness of the mountain night were the faint calls of the night birds and the distant cry of a roaming cougar. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim So fairly did they fight that neither claimed a foul, and at the finish the two combatants retired to their respective corners and died simultaneously, "to the musical twitter of the night bird." The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations In the flats below, a vast army of frogs shrilled in ceaseless chatter; night birds and insects responded to the bedlam challenge; the hoarse monotonous grunts of a fog-horn came up from the Sound. The Hollow of Her Hand "My lord," he said, dapperly, "here are the names of these night birds." If I Were King He was, according to his narrative, sitting in the lower end of the courtyard about nine o'clock, calmly smoking his pipe, when his attention was caught by the long, shrill call of a night bird. Castle Craneycrow Off in the forest a night bird called to its mate and the squeaky fiddle whined dolorously and a profound pity began to well in the factor's heart. The Maid of the Whispering Hills The silence was deep and intense, save for the footsteps of the horses and now and then a night bird in the tall trees calling. The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign Lean back and close your eyes, smell the cinnamon trees, listen to that night bird calling every now and then across the ravine. The Tempting of Tavernake Above his warning there came a shriek, shrill and agonized—a wail of such abysmal terror as to shock the night birds and the insects into stillness. Rainbow's End There were a few melancholy notes from a night bird of the stone walls. The Rainbow Trail When he again opened his eyes it was to behold real stars shining down from a velvet sky, to hear the river lapping gently at the landing, and the night birds calling in the forest. The Maid of the Whispering Hills The neighing of the tethered horse, the distant tinkling of the bell, or the occasional cry of night birds, alone interrupt the silence of our camp. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Occasionally a night bird fluttered through the trees and a frog gave a dismal croak, but otherwise not a sound broke the stillness. True to Himself : or Roger Strong's Struggle for Place The white owl here appeared, like other birds, at noon-day; but there were also numerous other night birds. Expedition into Central Australia At evening it was such a quiet place—after the night bird's cry, no sound. The Rainbow Trail The wind mourned and lulled by intervals; a horse thudded his hoofs now and then; there were the soft, steady footsteps of the sentry on guard, and the wild cry of a night bird. The U. P. Trail A sun ray had streamed suddenly into the darkened chambers of his mind, disturbing the night birds there, and dimly revealing an inner world of disorder, from which his eyes vainly sought to turn themselves. The Good Time Coming It is only the night bird calling To her mate in sudden fear. Yesterdays This small bird, although a night bird, is very frequently seen in the day time, sleeping on the branch of a Casuarina, to which they appear to be partial. Expedition into Central Australia As these birds are not night birds, it is evident that they are evil spirits abroad in bird form, hence the precautions. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia The music of the night birds has ceased. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) It was a lonely region, very desolate now, with the night birds calling. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve A thin and remote sound stole to them down the alley, clear and frail as the note of a night bird. The Garden of Allah This fine night bird was very rare in the interior, and only one specimen was procured. Expedition into Central Australia The scream of some passing night bird replied as if in answer to their weird calls. See America First And, presently, in the midst of the silence, rose the cries of the night birds, like the mournful mewings of cats. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) It was so quiet now that some night birds in the trees uttered strange moaning cries. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve This was the note of the grand night bird, the Argus pheasant, and is said to resemble the cry of the "orang-outang," the Jakkuns, or the wild men of the interior. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither There is a green ground parrot too, called the kakapo, a night bird, and hardly ever found on the eastern side of the island. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement He tossed about, he counted every step of the late night birds on his gallery; he got up and lighted a cigar, and tried dispassionately to think the matter over. Their Pilgrimage Nothing moves; not even the flight of a night bird: an absolute silence, magnified awfully by the presence of the desert which you feel encompasses you beyond these walls. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) No living thing was to be seen in the valley, except a great night bird flitting to its haunt. The Wanderer's Necklace We moved silently and with caution, for some night bird might accost us or the watch come upon us. To Have and to Hold The Wanderer's thoughts in the morning were swift as night birds, flying back and brooding over the things he had seen and the words he had heard in the Queen's chamber. The World's Desire Once more the starlight is silvering all; The roses sleep by the garden wall; The night bird warbles his madrigal, And I hear again through the sweet air fall The evening bugle-call. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 There was the cry of night birds in the creaking cupola, and the swift rush of dark wings past bedroom windows. The Three Partners He was a Russian: and for him to be implicated meant simply sinking into the lowest social depths amongst the hopeless and the destitute—the night birds of the city. Under Western Eyes Some night bird flew low down close to the ground and, noticing us, was startled, fluttered its wings and flew across to the other side of the river. The Witch and other stories There was a long pause, during which Marguerite heard plainly the long and dismal cry of a night bird that, mayhap, was seeking its mate. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel Doubtless, however, it was only the cry of some storm-driven night bird. Child of Storm The night bird of the canyon, with clear and melancholy notes announced the twilight. Riders of the Purple Sage The pseudo-dock hand was a detective attached to Leman Street, and one who knew the night birds of East End London as few men outside their own circles knew them. Dope |
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