cock of the woods
Americannoun
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Among others were the green bird, the redstart, and the cock of the woods; the little blue bird also, the red-winged starring, and the orange-headed troupiale—which last species migrated in large flocks into the valley.
From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
Up till about the middle of the last century, the capercailzie, or great cock of the woods, was a native of Scotland.
From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh
Landor furnishes us with the following account: A man in Sweden set off one morning to shoot the cock of the woods.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
It is the call of the cock of the woods as he flies, rising and falling, glancing upward and downward in his billowy flight across the lake.
From Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by Hammond, S. H. (Samuel H.)
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