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
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
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)
The brain-fever bird and the koel call so seldom in September that their cries, when heard, cause surprise.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
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
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