parrakeet
Britishnoun
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New Jersey: Heath hen, wild turkey, pigeon, parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, Labrador duck, snowy egret, whooping crane, sandhill crane, trumpeter swan, pileated woodpecker; gray wolf, black bear, beaver, elk, porcupine, puma.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
You couldn’t find a parrakeet at the mouth of the ‘Kanzas’ River to-day, unless you bought it in a bird store, that’s sure.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough
Louisiana: Passenger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, flamingo, scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill; bison, ocelot.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
Ohio: Pigeon, wild turkey, pinnated grouse, northern pileated woodpecker, parrakeet; white-tailed deer, bison, elk, black bear, puma, gray wolf, beaver, otter, puma, lynx.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
You are a pretty parrakeet to come between me and my musings.”
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
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