Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The poe-bird, Prosthemadera novæ-zelandiæ. Also called
parson and tui.
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Examples
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The tui or parson-bird is a starling, and has a small tuft of white cravat-like feathers growing from his throat.
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The sweet clear whistle of the tui or parson-bird -- so called from his glossy black suit and white wattles curling exactly where a clergy-man's bands would be, -- could be heard at a distance; whilst overhead the soft cooing of the wild pigeons, and the hoarse croak of the ka-ka or native parrot, made up the music of the birds 'orchestra.
Station Amusements 1871
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