crow-pheasant
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The whoot, whoot, whoot of the crow-pheasant booms from almost every thicket.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
The call of this bird, which continues later in the year than that of the common cuckoo, is not unlike the whoot-whoot-whoot of the crow-pheasant or coucal.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
Other birds that lift up their voices at early dawn are the crow-pheasant, the black partridge and the peacock.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
It hops about in thick bushes with considerable address, much as a crow-pheasant does.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
The nest of the crow-pheasant or coucal is a massive structure, globular in shape, with the entrance at one side.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
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