"Spur-winged" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... 30. Waldenia nigrita. Grey-headed Wagtail. 22. Motacilla flava. Black and chestnut Weaver-bird. 23. Hyphantornis castaneofuscas. Turtle-dove. 15 Turtur semitorquatus. Whimbrel. 5 Numenius phaeopus. Grey Plover. 13 Squatarola helvetica. Common Sandpiper. 18 Tringoides hypoleucus. Spur-winged Plover. 11 Lobivanellus albiceps. ...
— To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II - A Personal Narrative • Richard Francis Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron
... shrill hysterical laughter, which has won for it the name of "witch;" while another, Rallus rythyrhynchus, is called "little donkey" from its braying cries. Strange eerie voices have all these birds. Of the remaining aquatic species, the most important is the spur-winged crested screamer; a noble bird as large as a swan, yet its favourite pastime is to soar upwards until it loses itself to sight in the blue ether, whenca it pours forth its resounding choral notes, which reach the distant earth ...
— The Naturalist in La Plata • W. H. Hudson
... then went on together, and late in the afternoon we landed at a spot near the mouth of the Musa River. We spent the evening shooting, and had splendid sport, our bag consisting of ducks of various species, pigeon, spur-winged plover, curlew, sandpipers, etc. We also saw wallaby, and numerous tracks of cassowary and wild pig. After some supper on the beach, the Kaili-kaili, Arifamu and Okeina carriers, numbering over one hundred, were drawn up in line, and Monckton told them that he did not want ...
— Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines • H. Wilfrid Walker |
