scrub fowl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Certainly some proportion of the seeds which reach the ground must be borne hither and thither by the agency of that eternal scratcher, the scrub fowl.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
A dog retrieving a scrub fowl, which had fallen in the vicinity of an "Ahm-moo" tree, emerged with it entirely enveloped with the seeds and adhering rubbish, and itself almost helpless from a similar cause.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
For an hour the scrub fowl have been violently noisy, but have retired to the recesses of the jungle, whence comes an occasional chuckle of satisfaction or a coarse, triumphant crow.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
A more unlikely spot for a scrub fowl to lay, could hardly be imagined.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
The channel-billed cuckoo shrieks her discordant warning of the approaching wet season; and the scrub fowl utters those far-off imitations of the exclamation of civilised hens.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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