forktail

His tones made it plain that the name of anguished, God-ridden Darwin was as distasteful as that of any other forktail fiend, Beelzebub, Asmodeus or Lucifer himself.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

There are no fewer than eight Indian species, but I propose to confine myself to the spotted forktail.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

Jerdon states that he does not remember ever having seen a forktail perch; nevertheless the bird frequently flies on to

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The little forktail does not haunt the washerman's _ghat_ for the sake of human companionship, for it is a bird that usually avoids man.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

This forktail is a trifle larger than a wagtail, and its tail is over 6 inches in length.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The forktail, however, has many of the habits of the true wagtail.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

However, I went straight to the spot from which the forktail had flown, and found the nest after a little searching.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

This sound was not long in coming, and the moment I heard it, up I jumped like a Jack-in-the-box, but without the squeak, in time to see a forktail leave a spot on the bank about 6 feet above the water.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

I well remember the first occasion on which I saw a spotted forktail; I was walking down a Himalayan path, alongside of which a brook was flowing, when suddenly from a rock in mid-stream there arose a black-and-white apparition, that flitted away, displaying a long tail fluttering behind it.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

"Striking" is, in my opinion, the correct adjective to apply to the spotted forktail (_Henicurus maculatus_).

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916