Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A South American passerine bird, of the family Formicariidæ and subfamily Thamnophilinæ; an ant-thrush, especially of the genus Thamnophilus.
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- noun an African shrike
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In most parts of tropical America we may always find some species of woodpecker tanager, bush shrike, chatterer, trogon, toucan, cuckoo, and tyrant-flycatcher; and a few days 'active search will produce more variety than can be here met with in as many months.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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In most parts of tropical America we may always find some species of woodpecker tanager, bush shrike, chatterer, trogon, toucan, cuckoo, and tyrant-flycatcher; and a few days’ active search will produce more variety than can be here met with in as many months.
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