brain-fever bird
Britishnoun
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You hear the trumpet of elephants and the shriek of the brain-fever bird, see the red soil and feel the intense heat.
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He was singing in a high-pitched tuneless voice, and his song seemed to enrage the "brain-fever" bird in the mango tree, where he had hidden silent since the dawn.
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So persistent is it in calling that it is called in places the Brain-fever Bird.
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People moved about without energy, mopping their faces and yearning for the relief of a nor'wester, while a "brain-fever" bird cried its melancholy cadences with aggravating monotony, from a tree in the Collector's garden, where every leaf and twig had a thick coating of dust.
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What is known amongst English residents as the "brain-fever" bird, is common in some districts.
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