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单词 barbet
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I have spent entire mornings in a friend’s garden doing nothing but listening to bird songs: orioles, coppersmith barbets, Malabar trogons. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z
The Taiwan barbet is known in Chinese as the “five-colored bird” for its green, red, yellow, blue and black plumage. Rare Visit to Taiwan by Siberian Crane Is a Bird-Watcher’s Dream 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z
Noisiest of all were the barbets that never ceased their monotonous call. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z
Unfortunately, not much is fruiting right now, and I haven’t seen a good fruiting tree full of tanagers, toucans, barbets and so on. Scientist at Work: Of Birds and Insects (and a Coral Snake) 2010-10-27T21:55:00Z
This barbet was common at the Cocoa Research Station and its call could be heard at any time of day until dusk. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966
We write mutation on the brow of Time; Thou art the changeless one of all the world— Thou hast no brotherhood in any clime; All mortal barbets have in vain been hurled. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation
Thus there are no vultures, woodpeckers, pheasants, bulbuls, or barbets in the Australian region; and the absence of these is almost as marked a feature as that of cats, deer, or monkeys, among mammalia. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras
Not so the barbets; they call all the year round; even unfledged nestlings raise up the voices of infantile squeakiness. Birds of the Indian Hills
There, bending over barbet pieces, I overheard fragments of their conversation. Under the Rose
Next to the Brown Barbet, this was perhaps the most common barbet at the Cocoa Research Station and was often the only bird heard in the heat of the day. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966
Now in Bali we find woodpeckers, fruit-thrushes, barbets, and other Asiatic birds. In the Eastern Seas
Woodpeckers are abundant, belonging to a dozen peculiar genera; while gaudy barbets and strange forms of cuckoos and hornbills are also to be met with everywhere. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras
A striking feature of the great Himalayan barbet is its massive yellow bill, which is as large as that of some species of toucan. Birds of the Indian Hills
“A barbet,” said Murray, giving the bird to one of the men to carry; “but like your hornbill, too common to be worth preserving.” The Rajah of Dah
These barbets were common at the Cocoa Research Station both in secondary forest and cocoa, usually in groups of three or four. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966
Then it would be a green barbet, with bristle-armed beak and bright blue and scarlet feathers to make it gay. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle
The green barbet calls spasmodically throughout December, but, as a rule, only in the afternoon. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
The call of the great Himalayan barbet is very distinctive and easy to recognise, but is far from easy to portray in words. Birds of the Indian Hills
Such are the bright patches of blue, red, or yellow, by which the usually green Eastern barbets are distinguished; and similar bright patches of colour characterise the separate species of small green fruit-doves. Darwinism (1889)
The first case of the series, contains the South American and African barbets, and the groove-billed barbican; the minute woodpecker, the North American three-toed and white-billed woodpecker, and the spotted woodpecker common in Europe. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
We have certainly here the source of our barbets and griffons. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891
In the same way a barbet's nest, while under construction, may be located with ease. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
The monotonous tonk-tonk-tonk of the coppersmith and the kutur-kutur-kutur of the green barbet are no more heard; in their stead the curious calls of the great Himalayan barbet resound among the hills. Birds of the Indian Hills
The barbet possesses more sagacity than most other dogs, but it is sagacity of a particular kind, and frequently connected with various amusing tricks. The Dog
Honeysuckers and lories take the place of the woodpeckers, barbets, trogons, and fruit thrushes of the western islands, and the many mammals belonging to Asiatic genera are no more seen. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
The barbets are entirely covered with long curly hair, like the poodles, which are directly derived from them. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891
The green barbets lift up their voices fairly frequently, but it is only on rare occasions that their cousins—the coppersmiths—hammer on their anvils. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
Moreover, Mr. S. M. Townsend records that a barbet kept by him in captivity on one occasion devoured with gusto a dead mouse that had been placed in its cage. Birds of the Indian Hills
A friend of his had a barbet that was not always under proper command. The Dog
The birds which are most abundant in the Western Islands are woodpeckers, barbets, trogons, fruit-thrushes, and leaf-thrushes; they are seen daily, and form the great ornithological features of the country. 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
Finally, we reckon also among hunting dogs some very happy crosses between the spaniels and the barbets, which in England are called retrievers or water spaniels.—P. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891
The green barbets also call spasmodically throughout the month, chiefly in the early morning and the late afternoon, but the only note uttered by the coppersmith is a soft wow. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
The great Himalayan barbet attains a length of 13 inches. Birds of the Indian Hills
Many kinds of birds; parrots, toucans, and barbets, which live habitually in the forest, then visit the open places. The Naturalist on the River Amazons
Himalayan barbets go about in small flocks, the members of which call out in chorus. Birds of the Indian Hills
The barbets and coppersmiths, although not so vociferous as formerly, cannot, even in the monsoon, be charged with hiding their lights under a bushel. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
March and April are the months in which the majority of coppersmiths or crimson-breasted barbets rear up their families. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
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