| 单词 | paroquet |
| 例句 | "Se�or, we have brought to your Majesty this paroquet, which we found as we were going our rounds in camp." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z On Fourteenth Street a big black-haired man and a little spectacled woman stop to laugh at the fortune-telling paroquets. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He closed his eyes, and was only conscious of the cataract of sound raised by the shrieking paroquets and the manifold hum of insects. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z And then," Mr. Pybus winked, much after the fashion of a mischievous paroquet, "we'll knock the stool from under 'em by nominating you! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The paroquet and heron attain the goodly age of sixty years. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z At the same period the maam whistles; and when the sun is seen above the horizon, the hanaquoi, pataca, maroucli, and all the parrots and paroquets are prepared to announce his arrival. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Among these are cranes, ibises, herons, turtle-doves, parrots, macaws, and paroquets. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Our Artist visits a coasting-vessel just arrived from Guayaquil, loaded with every variety of tropical fruit, and a sprinkling of tame monkeys, parrots, alligators, white herons, iguanas, paroquets, spotted deer, etc. Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868 2011-06-09T02:00:21.267Z Counterpane, chair cushions, and window hangings were of beautiful old chintz still gay with faded paroquets and vines, trees, trellises, roses and numerous humming-birds, on a background of faded crocus yellow. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The paroquet had already joined the macaw, and, as if in imitation of its great congener, flew fluttering among the top branches, in a state of the wildest excitement! Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Jhore seeing it was a paroquet brought it food, and induced it to come down, and allow him to take it in his hand. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z All Nature seems to be in harmony with one's feelings in this paradise of paroquets and love-birds, this Eden of the Southern Seas, this climate of eternal spring. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Birds with plumage of blush-rose pink flew slowly by; also some with scarlet wings, and the jeweled paroquets. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches These mats were of a straw or cream colour, and were sometimes fringed with tufts of scarlet feathers of the paroquet. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The little paroquet was especially imprudent, recklessly approaching within a few inches of the serpent, and even alighting on the lliana around which it had warped itself. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The paroquet when he had informed himself as to where all Jhore’s flutes were kept, one day tied them all up in a bundle, and carried them to the raja. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z There, the paroquet of the Stelvio, gorgeous as the scarlet bustard in plumage; and here, the golden jay of the Vorarlberg. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) The room was filled with sunlight, and on a palm tree opposite Tancred caught a glimpse of a red monkey scratching his knee, chattering and grimacing at a paroquet. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes In the window hung a cage containing an old green paroquet that all the time swore softly to itself and seemed in the company of the mad to have lost its own clear bird's intelligence. Carnival The little paroquet, which had shown such excitement on first discovering the snake, had been quiet while all were engaged in the salvage of Mozey and the child. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The paroquet alighted on a tree near Jhore’s palace, and began to whistle. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z The little piquant Miss Irene, with her plaited hair, sang with a voice like a paroquet her favorite, "Tassels on the Boots." Every-Day Errors of Speech One variety of the green paroquet has a curious rose-colored ring about its neck, like the turtle-dove, so delicate and uniform as to seem almost artificial. The Pearl of India Parrots and paroquets are numerous everywhere in the tropical and subtropical regions, as also the gorgeously coloured macaw and awkward toucan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Having arranged itself apparently to its satisfaction, it now directed its attention to the paroquet. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z So the paroquet flew swiftly, and alighted on a tree near to Jhore’s house, and began to whistle. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z I purchased her pet paroquets and sent them to console Flora, whom I left sobbing quite piteously in the Captain's arms. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier It is from this country that those beautiful paroquets named kessi-kessi are procured. Wanderings in South America Her nostrils told her of magnolias and orange blossoms; her eyes and ears, of parrots and paroquets and every other conceit in fantastic plumage. The Missourian This would account for the wild terror just exhibited, which in the case of the paroquet had come to a fatal end. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The paroquet, having received his orders, flew away screeching, and mounting high up into the sky, directed his course straight for the unexplored forest. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z De Zeltner mentions a statuette in gold of a paroquet, whose head is ornamented with two winged tufts. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Parrots and paroquets are very numerous here, and of many different kinds. Wanderings in South America Parrots, paroquets, tiny indigo birds, pedorevas, and robins,—yes, these are all in harmony with mingled fragrance and sunshine, but the coal-black crow, with his bad habits and hoarse bird-profanity, bah! Due South or Cuba Past and Present He should have permitted the snake to proceed a step further in the process of deglutition, until the disgorging of the paroquet, against the grain of its feathers, should have become impossible. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z After this they again made up a small parcel of flour, and giving it to a tame paroquet, said, “Find a man with hair twelve cubits long.” Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z "I do not know why, but it seems strange to eat a paroquet," said the chevalier. A Romance of the West Indies This custom exists among prairie dogs, moufflons, crows, paroquets, and a great many other animals. The Industries of Animals First, The remarkable electricity of the feathers of a paroquet, observed by Mr. Hartmann, an account of which may be seen in Mr. Rozier's Journal for Sept. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Some of the parrot kind are called paroquets, and some are called cockatoos. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks On hearing the unusual sound Jhore came out and saw the paroquet who was speaking and whistling. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z The paroquet was a splendid creature, with a brilliant orange throat darkly spotted. Birds in the Bush That chattering little paroquet of a woman with the sharp black eyes might use them one day, to the detriment of the philanthropist who had brought in the letter from Diamond Town for Mrs. Casey. The Dop Doctor Mesdames!" said he, with the voice of a paroquet that has sung too much, "here's the health of a man in hard luck: myself! Germinie Lacerteux The majority of the parrot tribe subsist principally upon various nuts, seed and fruit, while some of the smaller parrakeets or paroquets appear to feed almost exclusively upon the seeds of various grasses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The paroquet also eyed him narrowly, and was delighted to see his hair trailing on the ground. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z The others were a mocking-bird, a cardinal grosbeak, and a paroquet. Birds in the Bush Society had descended like a flock of chattering, gaudily-plumaged paroquets upon the spot where new and exciting sensations were to be had. The Dop Doctor Pelicans, wild geese, swans, cranes, ducks, paroquets, wild turkeys, prairie hens, &c. are found in different states, especially on the Mississippi. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West We shot at any thing that came in our way, and by noon our game-bag contained a curious medley of ducks, paroquets, swallows, and water rats. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery The raja, being informed of the catastrophe that had befallen the bariat, again called the paroquet, and after he had given him careful instructions as to how he should proceed, dismissed him. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z We finished our meal, and when the sun was setting we saw the paroquets fly by in couples, and humming-birds flitting about among the bushes; suddenly a formidable roaring made us all tremble. Adventures of a Young Naturalist They also saw numbers of birds, kites, hawks, cockatoos, orioles, paroquets, pigeons, and other unknown birds. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century As may be imagined, in these fantastic recitals, vanity reigned triumphant, the vanity of a chattering paroquet. Jack 1877 The other I knew in after life and middle-age, still small of stature, with a red face, in outline much like a paroquet's. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life The domestic animals seemed to thrive, such as camels, donkeys, bullocks, and there40 were many birds, the little mina and the green paroquets being of special interest, while immense black crows hovered about everywhere. Travels in the Far East Farther on, some paroquets, no bigger than sparrows, greeted us with their varied cries. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Flocks of paroquets and cockatoos, of most brilliant plumage, hover above them, while the blue-ringed tomtits sport beneath their branches. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Scores of beautiful little paroquets were chattering in the palm trees, and numbers of long-legged sea-fowl stalking about on the reef, but no human being, or any sign of one, did he see. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Lady Aubrey was lying back on the velvet sofa, a little green paroquet that was accustomed to wander tamely about the room perching on her hand. Robert Elsmere Their tame animals were hogs, dogs, and poultry, and there were wild ducks, pigeons, paroquets, and a few other birds. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries The eastern sky was beginning to grow pale, and as we were supping we saw the paroquets in couples flying over our heads towards the forest. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The birds showed no fear of us, and one, a gorgeous paroquet, flew from the tree in which it had been perched and settled on the shoulder of the Conjure man. Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos He pointed out the herons, curlew, cranes, paroquets, and other birds. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida We saw several birds,—green paroquets, woodpeckers, blue-birds, and red-birds; but we had frightened them from the spot where we had at first appeared. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting All is quiet; there is nothing to be heard but the occasional note of the piping-crow, and the chatter of a passing flock of paroquets. A Boy's Voyage Round the World There were also several Carolina paroquets; and Frank had succeeded in capturing a bird of a very rare kind, which, I believe, is known to the Indians as the ‘wakon.’ The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness There were two parrots and a beautiful white paroquet. A Little Girl in Old New York The habits of the slaty-headed paroquet are those of the common green parrot: its cries, however, are less harsh, and it is less aggressively bold. Birds of the Indian Hills Mrs. Todd kissed me on both cheeks and gave me the paroquet to carry. David Malcolm Across the sunlight, and away over a hollow, there flies a flock of green and yellow paroquets, screaming as they fly. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Now it was a green paroquet, with long slender tail and head of the most delicate peach-colour or of a brilliant orange yellow. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy In the paroquet tulips of gardeners the segments of the perianth are deeply and irregularly gashed, the segments occasionally becoming rolled up and their margins coherent so as to form little tubular spurs. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants It is caught by the flashing of gaudy plumage, the golden green of the paroquet, the blue of the jay, and the orange wing of the oriole. The Scalp Hunters For several hours we continued our journey pretty steadily, encountering no living thing, except tern, gannets, and other sea-birds, and one troop of gaudy little paroquets, glittering in green, and orange, and crimson. The Island Home Then look! on that branch are twenty or thirty lovely little swift paroquets, with green and dark blue wings tipped with yellow. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Fowls, eggs, yams, cocoa-nuts, and sweet potatoes, were mixed with monkeys of various sorts, paroquets, squirrels, shells, and similar temptations on the strangerʼs purse or wardrobe. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy A number of beautiful paroquets were brought off by the natives, all remarkable for the richness and variety of their plumage. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 The trees always green, with which that noble river is shaded, the humming birds, the red-birds, the paroquets, the promerops, &c. who flitted among their long yielding branches, caused in us emotions difficult to express. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Handsomely, illustrated and containing full instructions for the management and training of the canary, mocking-bird, bobolink, blackbird, paroquet, parrot, etc., etc. Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys Among them we observed a pretty kind of paroquet, with a green body, a blue head, and a red breast; also a few beautiful turtle-doves, and several flocks of wood-pigeons. The Coral Island The birds we saw were, paroquets of two sorts, viz., the lourikeet and a small green paroquet; a large green pigeon, specimens of which we got; the cream-colored pigeon of Borneo, beside many others. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy They were passing through a verdant glen at the foot of the mountains, the air of which was perfumed with wild flowers, and filled with the garrulous music of paroquets and monkeys. The Settler and the Savage I shall not forget the provoking din caused by a colony of paroquets settled in a group of cocoa-nuts near at hand. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Just in front a couple of brilliantly green-and-gold, long-tailed paroquets suddenly flashed into sight as if about to alight, but, startled by the elephant, they flew off with sharp screams. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris But you were at least four yards away from the impudent paroquet I aimed at, so you see what a horribly bad shot I am.” The Coral Island 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 Flocks of paroquets were seen, and bright blue chatterers; and now and then a lovely pompadour, having delicate white wings and claret-coloured plumage. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Here a flock of paroquets appeared in sight for a few moments. On the Banks of the Amazon “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 We also saw a great variety of small birds of bright plumage, and many paroquets similar to the one, that awoke Peterkin so rudely in the morning. The Coral Island Ali next brought down a paroquet, with long delicate tail, and delicious sunset hues blushing upon its plumage of pearly grey green. Middy and Ensign He pressed his horse’s sides, and walked it toward where the dogs had disappeared, putting up a flock of the tiny zebra paroquets, which flew a little distance to another tree. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales The deer were missed; but a couple of bush turkey were soon after secured, and followed by the successful stalk of a wire-tailed bird of Paradise and a couple of gorgeously plumaged paroquets. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track Meanwhile we were working industriously over our specimens, finding paroquets that were quite new to us, splendid cockatoos, and some that were as ugly as they were curious. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas The sportsmen returned from the forest, bringing a goodly supply of toucans, papagaios, and paroquets, with a variety of other birds; and the fishermen brought in treasures again for Mr. Agassiz. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 In larger cages in a passage room, there were more parrots and paroquets than I should have thought agreeable in one house; but they are well-bred birds, and seldom scream all together. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 You can get the sulphur crests, and those with orange crests, and the rose-coloured, and the pretty grey creamy-yellowish-cheeked birds which have the cockatoo’s crest and the long tail of the paroquet.” First in the Field A Story of New South Wales His protruding eyes looked as glassy as ever, and his grey locks were ruffled at the top until he bore a ludicrous likeness to a paroquet. Betty Trevor Then a long-tailed paroquet of the most delicate green, and directly after quite a trayful of the most lovely little birds I had ever seen. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas My house is full of things that make a noise—a canary, a paroquet, a mocking-bird, a harp, a piano, and a guitar. Prudy Keeping House There are plenty of paroquets, I am told, and cardinal birds, but I have not yet seen them. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. About the middle of April he noticed a pair of paroquets nesting in a hole in a tree. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Nothing can well be imagined more charming than the description of a tapestried chamber in 1418; the room being finished in white was decorated with paroquets and damsels playing harps. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The presence of a carving of the paroquet in one of the Ohio mounds has been deemed remarkable on account of the supposed extreme southern habitat of that bird. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 In the shadow overhead flew and chattered crowds of green paroquets and glossy crows, while here and there we could see a Bird of Paradise drooping its smart tail-feathers amid the foliage. Dead Man's Rock Parrots and paroquets flew among the trees, as also large white birds with sulphur crests, the like of which I had never seen before. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century Flocks of emerald paroquets fly past—as swift as arrows shot from bows—seeking grain or fruit. A Bird Calendar for Northern India "Why, my dear, they are just like a couple of sick paroquets," she said to her husband. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story "The paroquet is essentially a southern bird, and though common along the Gulf, is of rare occurrence above the Ohio River." Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 Overhead parrots and paroquets chattered amid the vast and gorgeous bloom of red and pink, yellow and white. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Here was a magnolia with its snow-white blossoms, or a catalpa with its long cucumber-shaped fruit, amongst which the bright-hued red birds and paroquets glanced and fluttered. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 On April 28th he saw a hornbill inspecting the hole, regardless of the noisy protests of the paroquets. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Cockatoos, after a few hours' rest, would wing their way to the north-west, as also would various water-birds, as well as pigeons, parrots, and paroquets, pursued by birds of the Accipitrine class. A Source Book of Australian History The above language would seem to admit of no doubt as to the fact of the decided resemblance borne by this carving to the paroquet. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 The plum-trees, white with their bloom in May, Their sweet perfume on the vernal breeze Wide strew like the isles of the tropic seas Where the paroquet chatters the livelong day. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems And then, somewhere away among the cypresses the silence was broken; a paroquet began to screech. The Keeper of the Door Small green paroquets flew about and filled the air with their not altogether pleasant voices. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians I had seen the Psittacus Novae Hollandiae and the shell paroquet following the shoreline of St. Vincent's Gulf like flights of starlings in England. A Source Book of Australian History A word should be added as to the distribution of the paroquet. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 The two green paroquets, 'Coco' and 'Meta,' given to me by Mr. Fisher at Rosario, have turned out dear little pets, with the most amusing ways. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The walls are covered with an Oriental paper patterned with marvelous blue and green birds, birds of paradise and paroquets perched on flowering branches. The House in Good Taste A hundred times a day flocks of small paroquets fly screaming over our heads and settle behind the trees. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians "Because," he hesitated an instant and then advanced with the audacity born of ignorance, "you're as much alike as a thrush and a paroquet." The Wheel of Life Probable, however, as it is that the Mound-Builders were well acquainted with the paroquet, there appears to be no evidence of the fact among their works of art. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 In the woods, the principal sorts are large brown hawks or eagles; crows, nearly the same as ours in England; yellowish paroquets; and large pigeons. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time The walls are hung with a daringly gorgeous paper covered with birds—birds of paradise and paroquets perched on flowery tropical branches. The House in Good Taste "The fifth one is a paroquet that I got at a mark-down because it was a widowed bird and wouldn't mate again." The White Linen Nurse The land-birds, are crows, parrots, paroquets, cockatoos, and other birds of the same kind, of exquisite beauty; pigeons, doves, quails, bustards, herons, cranes, hawks, and eagles. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 And there are canaries with deep orange feathers which look most decorative in cages painted dark green, as well as the many-coloured paroquet, lovely behind golden bars. The Art of Interior Decoration Flocks of paroquets with most gorgeous plumage—blue, red, green, gold, and every conceivable hue—flit hither and thither, or sweep past in whirring flight. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Hence flowed a tide of forest sounds; of parrots, paroquets, macaws; blent with the howl of jaguars, hissing of anacondas, chattering of apes, and herons screaming. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Besides, a holy silence broods about the cactus and the euphorbian foliage, so that a word will send the paroquets, accustomed to such unbroken stillness, into hasty flights. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Nor were any sounds heard save the occasional chattering of the paroquet in the dense forest across the river, a mile distant, and yet they appeared to be in the immediate vicinity. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described They killed crows, blackbirds, thrushes, doves, a white-bellied paroquet whose plumage resembled that of the same bird at the River Amazons, and several kinds of sea birds, principally pelicans, and the black-bodied red bill. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Many white cockatoos and paroquets were seen about here, and a crow whose note was remarkably short and hasty. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 I recollect in the early morning quite a number of small green paroquets used to fly all about the place, and their incessant chatter and calls to each other made it very bright and cheery. Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century In the palace there was a magnificent aviary, containing every kind of bird to be found in all the surrounding country, from large eagles down to the smallest paroquets of beautiful plumage. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The paroquet and the thrush, the bluebird and goldfinch, fluttered among the thick foliage and trilled their melodies in sweetest cadence. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Gannets, shags, gulls, and red-bills were occasionally seen; as also crows, hawks, paroquets, and a few smaller birds. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Cape Barren Island, besides the kangaroo and wombat, is inhabited by the porcupine ant-eater; a rat with webbed feet; paroquets, and small birds unknown at Port Jackson, some few of which were of beautiful plumage. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 Several kinds of pigeons, paroquets, thrushes, bright violet and scarlet tanagras go foraging among the bananas, the rice, and the millet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 Very evidently this dog, whose glottis was organized in a manner to enable him to emit regular sounds, attached no more sense to his words than do the paroquets, parrots, jackdaws, and magpies to theirs. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen To me it is no more than the foolish paroquet that chatters in your ante-room. The Refugees Gannets, shags, gulls, and red-bills were occasionally seen; as also crows, hawks, paroquets, and a few smaller birds. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The black and the white cockatoo, the beautiful lilac-headed paroquet, and the bald-headed mocking bird of Port Jackson, were seen here; but there were not any marks of resident quadrupeds, rats excepted. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 The trees along the shore were freshly green and newly alive with the color and chatter of the paroquets. Round Anvil Rock A Romance It resembled, in colour and size, the small green papagien, called paroquets, except that its beak was rather less crooked and thick. A Woman's Journey Round the World Suddenly the paroquet bent down its head and uttered a loud scream in his face. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean There were also pied shags, and gulls of three species; and in the island were seen many crows, a green paroquet, and two smaller birds. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 This new old woman was named Madame Bourgon, and had nothing remarkable about her life except a dynasty of three paroquets, who had reigned in succession over her soul. Les Misérables The still air was lightly stirred now and then by rushing wings, as the myriad paroquets settled among the shadowy branches. Round Anvil Rock A Romance Lady Aubrey was lying back on the velvet sofa, a little green paroquet that was accustomed to wander tamely about the room was perching on her hand. Robert Elsmere But you were at least four yards away from the impudent paroquet I aimed at; so you see what a horribly bad shot I am.” The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean They were of all colors and sizes, from the large, awkward-looking mackaw, with his hoarse, discordant note, to the little, delicate-looking paroquet, dumb as a barnacle, and not bigger than a wren. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale A thrush or a blackbird is but a soberly clad creature by the side of macaws and paroquets; but the one has a song and the others have only a screech. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Those paroquets could tell if they would; but they never will. Round Anvil Rock A Romance Even as he gazed a green mottled snake curled noiselessly over a branch above his head, and a bright-coloured paroquet broke suddenly from amid the foliage and flashed off among the tree-trunks. The Doings of Raffles Haw Just at that moment I was attracted by the sight of a very small parrot, which Jack afterwards told me was called a paroquet. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean The kessi-kessi paroquets were in great abundance, and the fine scarlet aras innumerable in the coucourite- trees at a distance from the river's bank. Wanderings in South America The plum-trees, white with their bloom in May, Their sweet perfume on the vernal breeze Wide strew like the isles of the tropic seas, Where the paroquet chatters the livelong day. Legends of the Northwest On the bank, right in front of where we lay, was a gnarled old tree, which seemed to be the home, or parliament house, of all the paroquets in the neighborhood. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. The Opium Habit Among them we observed a pretty kind of paroquet, with a green body, a blue head, and a red breast; also a few beautiful turtledoves, and several flocks of wood-pigeons. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean It is from this country that those beautiful paroquets named kessi-kessi are procured. Wanderings in South America Here vain tastes prevail for golden pheasant and blue and crimson paroquet. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools I procured a tame pair of this lovely breed of paroquets from the Guatos. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America "The moon is a quiet wife, but you chatter like a paroquet." The Purple Land Among them we observed a pretty kind of paroquet, with a green body, a blue head, and a red breast; also a few beautiful turtle- doves, and several flocks of wood-pigeons. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean We saw also a flock of paroquets pursued by little goshawks without crests. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 There is a paroquet with purple feathers, another with scarlet, a woodpecker with variegated plumage of red, green, and yellow, and a small black bird with a single yellow feather under each wing. The Hawaiian Archipelago At other times large hailstones, for which the country is noted, have destroyed everything, or tens of thousands of green paroquets have done their destructive work. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America Faustina was as bright as a paroquet and as gay as a lark. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths The smaller bird, the paroquet, which was about the size of a turtle- dove, had a uniform rich green colour above and ashy-grey beneath, and, like most parrots, it nested in trees. Far Away and Long Ago The piercing cries of these paroquets contrasted singularly with the whistling of the birds of prey. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The forest was noisy with the cry of birds, and flocks of shrill-voiced paroquets raised an uproar in the tallest trees. The Ne'er-Do-Well A new species of cockatoo or paroquet, being between both, was also seen, with red necks and breasts, and grey backs. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales Only the creature's screams reverberated through the jungle, like a belated echo to the restless paroquets. Rung Ho! This paroquet never bred in our plantation; they were occasional visitors from their home in an old grove about nine miles away, and their visits were always a great pleasure to us. Far Away and Long Ago The parrots and paroquets flew up and down the creeks collecting their scattered thousands, and making the air resound with their cries. Expedition into Central Australia As he reclined there, busied with these thoughts, two vivid little paroquets alighted near him, to quarrel noisily, then make up and kiss each other like any pair of lovers. The Ne'er-Do-Well Two pretty children, gay as paroquets, in their cardinal plush cloaks, ran to the piano and began a furious tattoo, while their nurse gossiped with the bell boy. At the Mercy of Tiberius Vivid and varied as are paroquets; Dove-dull; one mass of white; all solid red; Black with the blackness of a mourning world— Compounded type of "Chaos and Old Night"! The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) In the description in a former chapter of our old peach trees in their blossoming time I mentioned the paroquets which occasionally visited us but had their breeding-place some distance away. Far Away and Long Ago He was an ex-seaman and beachcomber who made regular voyages to southern ports and imported personally conducted invoices of talking parrots and dialectic paroquets. Sixes and Sevens Phebe sniffed attar of rose, crunched the "Lump of Delight" tucked into her mouth, and stared with all her eyes at little Morgiana prancing about the room like a brilliant paroquet. Eight Cousins But I was given a paroquet— How I did nurse him if unwell! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 "Well, now," said the geographer to himself, "let the Australian birds be as queer as they may, and even granting the paroquets are the most musical in the world, they can't sing Mozart!" In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant He came out to the gate, and shook hands; and I says, with scorn, and speaking like a paroquet with the pip: 'Beg pardon—Mr. Rountree, I believe. Roads of Destiny The Zouave uniform of the sentry, the old Spanish cannon converted into peaceful gate-posts, the aviary with its screaming paroquets, the botanical station, and even the ice-machine were all objects of delight. Lion and the Unicorn As it was, a dozen firemen rushed into the apartment where the figures were kept, amid a multitude of crawling snakes, chattering monkeys and escaped paroquets. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum I don't like to see grave and reverend scholars stare at pretty paroquets, but I won't belittle Salemina's exquisite and peculiar charm by worrying over the matter. Penelope's Irish Experiences Jacques Paganel, always demonstrative, gave such deep sighs of satisfaction that the paroquets and cockatoos flew out in alarm, making a deafening chorus of noisy chatter. 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 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 |
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