"Birdcatcher" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... long ago there dvelt a lad named JOEY; He vos not raised in Vestminster, but in a place more goey. At snaring birds he vos a dab, of eggs (and plots) a hatcher; And he vos called young Vistling JOE, the Brummagem Birdcatcher. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, November 12, 1892 • Various
... does not interrupt the regularity of the summer migrations, the black-cap will be here in two or three days. I wish it was in my power to procure you one of those songsters; but I am no birdcatcher; and so little used to birds in a cage, that I fear if I had one it would soon die for ...
— The Natural History of Selborne • Gilbert White
... the night in question, were a number of persons of various callings and some of no calling in particular. Most of them were acquainted, and apparently regular customers. One man in particular became a great favourite with Joe, and that was Jacob Wideawake the Birdcatcher; and it was interesting to listen to his conversation on the means of catching and transforming the London Sparrow into ...
— The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit • Richard Harris |
