brain-fever bird

British  

noun

1. an Indian cuckoo, Cuculus varius , that utters a repetitive call

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Example Sentences

There are two species of brain-fever bird that disport themselves in the Himalayas.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

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.

From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

From the woods all about came the songs of birds,—among them the contributions of a couple of birds which I was not then acquainted with: the brain-fever bird and the coppersmith.

From Following the Equator, Part 6 by Twain, Mark

From a slit in the wall the wheel of the punkah-thong whined insistently,--rise and fall, rise and fall of peevish complaint, distressing as a brain-fever bird.

From Dragon's blood by Rideout, Henry Milner

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