| 单词 | parroquet |
| 例句 | We also observed here, for the first time, the parroquet, which Bougainville described to be common in the Strait. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Almost buried in folds of flesh is a pair of beady black eyes, as steady and wicked as those of a puff-adder or seaman's parroquet. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Then came close to him a wonderfully-tinted parroquet, and then a lustrous sunbird began to dart about in an open space. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z It was profusely adorned with beads and embroidery—with the bright plumage of the green parroquet—the skin of the summer-duck, and the for of various wild animals. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z We find this arrangement in no other North American birds except the cuckoos and our one native parroquet. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z He carried specimens home with him; but some naturalists of those days decided that there must have been a mistake, because, as they averred, parroquets did not exist in so high a latitude. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Many birds tenanted this grove, and were undisturbed by our movements, until Fritz fired and shot a beautiful blue-jay and a couple of parroquets, one a brilliant scarlet, the other green and gold. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z A flock of parroquets flew out of the haze and scattered across the clearing with shrill, startled screams. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The dense forests teem with bright-hued parrots, parroquets, and other birds, which squeak and scream but do not sing. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Den we have das verfluchte parroquet of milady, and Flounce, de lapdog, dat must drink every post-station, and run up all de hills for exercise. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life You weary me exceedingly, quoting my words out of all logical connection, like a parroquet.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) For two hundred years Tiepolo has been stigmatised as extravagant, mannered, as just equal to painting cupids, nymphs, and parroquets. The Venetian School of Painting The bright hours were rent by the momentary screeching and chatter of parroquets, as they flew, spreading the red, green and yellow of their breasts against the blue sky. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z There were scores of parrots, parroquets, macaws, and cockatoos, all chattering and laughing and screaming together. Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children Across the broad river, right ahead of the boat, a flock of parroquets was flying, screeching their raucous chorus. The Keepers of the King's Peace The wood was all alive with pigeons, turtle-doves, parroquets, and other unknown birds. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century In the doorway opening into the garden stood Don Rafael, who appeared to be watching the evolutions of the parroquets, amidst the branches of the pomegranates, with all the interest of a naturalist. The Tiger Hunter Gem-like humming-birds darted here and there, while hardly less bright parroquets of many a hue shrieked, whistled, and climbed in restless fashion around. The Golden Magnet They were almost naked, and bore upon the wrist a tame parroquet, after the fashion in which the gentlemen of Europe carry their hawks or their gerfalcons. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Pretty parroquets, with white and orange bands on their wings, were very plentiful. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The parrots and parroquets, and other gay-coloured birds, with which they now made an intimate acquaintance, were a source of great interest. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler For my part, I think it would be very fine to have a splendid green coat with red facings, and bright yellow trowsers, like one of these pretty parroquets. The Tiger Hunter Tom levelled his piece and the next instant would have fired, when the parroquets began chattering, screaming, and fighting together, fluttering down towards the bushes which concealed our watcher. The Golden Magnet The fauna of the island offered little variety; parroquets of radiant plumage abounded amongst the trees, but they appeared to be the only species of birds upon the island. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Now two green parroquets have gone shrieking joyfully past. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah The birds with gay plumage, especially the parrots—parroquets climbing from branch to branch or flying amid the trees—made us feel still more that we had got into a new land. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler Billy also had a pet parroquet which soon became tame enough to be allowed to move about at will with a cropped wing, and which was named Shrieky. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn It was not very large; but we saw a number of parrots and parroquets up in the trees, and many other birds, but we had not much chance of getting them. In the Eastern Seas I could scarcely bring myself to kill it; but I had to confess that necessity has no laws, and should as willingly at that moment have shot the most gaily-coloured macaw or parroquet. On the Banks of the Amazon The brightly-coloured parroquets flew shrieking from bank to bank; and in the thick jungle, across from the end of the island, the noisy chattering of a party of monkeys could be heard. Middy and Ensign Carey agreed that it was, for the bird life now was most attractive—gaily dressed parroquets, green, and with breasts like gorgeous sunsets, were plentiful. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale And you may be sure, reader, that Billy did not forget to take the pig and the parroquet along with him. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn In a short time he returned with several pigeons and a couple of parroquets. In the Eastern Seas Flights of macaws and parroquets flew here and there through the openings, or climbed up and down, cawing and chattering in various tones. On the Banks of the Amazon Jimpny pointed again, and on once more looking searchingly Mark made out a flock of the beautiful long-tailed parroquets which haunted the island groves, but nothing more. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle As the associate of the god of light and air, and as the antithesis therefore of the owl, the Aztecs reverenced a bird called quetzal, which I believe is a species of parroquet. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America To the former belong true parrots, parroquets, and macaws. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Lories and parroquets soon afterwards flew off from their perches, uttering shrill cries. In the Eastern Seas The parroquets are entirely green, except a red tuft on their head. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island A bird with a yellow head, which, from the structure of its beak, we called a parroquet, is likewise very common. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 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 It appeared singular to us, that, considering the climate and the shelter, we should see no other birds there than parrots, parroquets, and mackaws; of the last there were prodigious flights. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 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 I had occasion in a note published several years ago in the Revue Scientifique to mention a parroquet which I have since continued to observe, the manifestations of whose intelligence are both interesting and instructive. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 The whole class of parrots, in particular the great Ara, which destroys for the pleasure of destroying, and, the parroquets, which come in numerous flocks, conspire also to ruin the plantations of cacao. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Pigeons, parrots, parroquets, and other birds, are in abundance; the sea abounds with fish, and probably we may have turtle during the summer months. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island The inhabitants are the brown gull, the light-grey bird, ganets, and a parroquet of the same species with those met with at Lord Howe's Island. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Very gently he spoke the words, and after them there fell a silence broken only by the scolding of a couple of parroquets in a mimosa-tree near the verandah. The Keeper of the Door These caps, or rather bonnets, are composed of the tail feathers of the tropic bird, with the red feathers of the parroquets wrought upon them, or jointly with them. 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 swans displayed their brilliant plumage on the lake, the boughs of the trees were alive with parroquets and other winged creatures of the tropics. Willis the Pilot We saw pigeons, parrots, parroquets, doves, and a variety of other birds, in great numbers, and so very tame, that they might be knocked down with a stick. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island 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 At Chilaw I have seen such vast flights of parroquets coming to roost in the coco-nut trees which overhang the bazaar, that their noise drowned the Babel of tongues bargaining for the evening provisions. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 The natives of the Friendly and Society Isles sometimes catch and tame certain sorts of parroquets and pigeons, but never have any breeds of them, so that they can scarcely be reckoned as domestic birds. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 "Couldn't be worse;" and with that he clawed his way aft again, grasping every stanchion or shroud on his way, like a parroquet in a cage. The Firm of Girdlestone We killed a little parroquet, with a red and yellow head and green body.... Pioneers in Canada It was answered by a demure-looking waiter, with a face like a parroquet. In the Days of My Youth Hastings Clive has a whole array of parroquets and hill-mainahs, which, as they learned their small language from his peculiar scurrilous practice, are but blackguard birds at best. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 Its birds are several sorts of pigeons, parroquets, fly-catchers, the Ceylonese owl, a species of creeper, a sort of duck, and a purple water-hen. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 I made myself acquainted with all the fruits which the monkeys and parroquets eat, and which were not out of my reach. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island White and black cockatoos, parrots and parroquets, were every where found. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 369, May 9, 1829 It was about this point, or a little above, that we first noticed the gay and noisy parroquet, flocks of which inhabited the forests. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers You weary me exceedingly, quoting my words out of all logical connection, like a parroquet.’ Merry Men The coco-palms formed spacious groves, full of different shrubberies, where a great number of birds of different sorts, chiefly fly-catchers, creepers, and parroquets, resided. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 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 Mr. Mackaw looked at the volume, and turned it over, and sideways, and upside downwards: the brain of a man who has written three folios on parroquets is soon puzzled. Vivian Grey It was a strangely still wood for the tropics,—no chattering parroquets, no screaming magpies, none of the sneering, gibing dissonances that I had been accustomed to,—all was silent, and yet intensely living. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Mark had given her the stuffed parroquet on her birthday, and Mamma had given her the Bible and the two grey china vases to make up, with a bird painted on each. Mary Olivier: a Life I shot several beautiful parroquets, the plumage of which was chiefly green; the heads were black, and some of the pinion feathers yellow. The Bushman — Life in a New Country A good many parrots, parroquets, wild ducks, pigeons of large size and fine flavor, inhabit the forests; and poultry are found to thrive very well, though not yet reared to any great extent. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea Now this gentleman was Mr. Mackaw, the most celebrated ornithologist extant, and who had written a treatise on Brazilian parroquets, in three volumes folio. Vivian Grey In the daytime a crowd of large, beautiful butterflies, brilliant humming birds, and blue-winged jays and parroquets come and cling to the moss, which then resembles a white tapestry embroidered with splendid and varied hues. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction She put the Bible in the middle and the parroquet on the top of the Bible and the vases one on each side. Mary Olivier: a Life The birds that we saw were chiefly fly-catchers and parroquets; and occasionally the wild turkey, or bustard sailing along in the distance, made us sigh for a nearer acquaintance. The Bushman — Life in a New Country The air was gay with bright green parroquets flitting about, very mischievous they are, I am told, taking large tithe of the fruit, especially of the cherries. Station Life in New Zealand Do not forget the saucy parroquets we saw yesterday as we came through the forest. Viola Gwyn There a variety of birds had congregated--the Rose Cockatoo, the piping Magpie, the Calodera, various parrots and parroquets, bronze-wing Pigeons, and numerous small birds. Expedition into Central Australia From before our equipage fled squirrels, field-mice, parroquets of brilliant colors and deafening loquacity. The Master of the World There was sufficient wood, however, to harbour abundance of parroquets— brilliant little glossy green fellows, that shot past you now and again with a glisten in the sun, and were gone. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement His face was like a parroquet's, with small, beady eyes full of an unintellectual sharpness. A Spirit in Prison 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 This species followed the line of migration, and made sad havoc among the parroquets and smaller birds. Expedition into Central Australia Occasionally a flock of small parroquets, green, with a patch of yellow on the forehead, would come at early morning to the trees near the Estrada. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Among these are various kinds of parroquets, and the blue pigeon, called here the pigeon of Holland. Paul and Virginia I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by parroquets, by cockatoos. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Ridiculous dignity in holding over yourself a green cotton thing with a red parroquet handle when you are dressed in nothing larger than a handkerchief. In a German Pension |
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