brain-fever bird
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The shikra is very like the brain-fever bird in appearance.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
At the mission I used to read about that bird you call the brain-fever bird.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
The brain-fever bird grows more vociferous day by day.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
The breast of the newly-fledged brain-fever bird is covered with dark brown drops, so that, when seen from below, it looks like a thrush with yellow legs.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
During the earlier part of the month the notes of the koel and the brain-fever bird are heard on rare occasions; before October has given place to November, these noisy birds cease to trouble.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
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