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But because they had been friends, the ousel could not keep quite away from the place, but came again and again and flew chirruping around the foot of the hill.
From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter
Water-Ousel "Up, up, onlya few inches fromthe dashing current" After watching the tussle between ousel and water for a long time, I decided to take a peep at their nursery.
From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
I hear the dusky ousel that sends a joyous greeting to all the faithful: My speech, my shape are spectral—hush, woman, do not speak to me!
From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various
SO they journeyed until they came to the nest of an ousel, and Gwrhyr spoke to her.
From The Lilac Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew
So it was not often that the ousel and the glacier saw each other between October and June.
From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter
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