halcyons

[109] The birds called halcyons were said to build their nests on the water, and, while they were brooding, to keep it calm.

England's Antiphon MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 1868

In the midst of this inextricable mass of plants and sea weed, I noticed some charming pink halcyons and actiniae, with their long tentacles trailing after them, and medusae, green, red, and blue.

Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 2003

The birds were lank black clivers (Plotus), exceedingly wild; the African roller (Coracias); halcyons of several species, especially a white and black kingfisher, nimble and comely; many swallows, horn-bills, and wild pigeons which made the bush resound; ardeine birds, especially a heron, like the large Indian

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The halcyons skim over the water and are common every where.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters 2003

Moreover, the family of the halcyons or kingfishers live by the waterside.

The History of Animals 2002

Broidered with halcyons, moons, and heavily thralled

The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence Rachel Annand Taylor

These halcyons may be looked for with a little more assurance in that pure October weather which we distinguish by the name of Indian summer.

Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin

When we left Louisiana, near an hundred halcyons followed our vessel for near three days: they kept at the distance of about a stone-cast, and seemed to swim, yet I could never discover that their feet were webbed, and was therefore greatly surprised.

History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz

The halcyons skim over the water and are common every where.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Sand, George, 1804-1876 1921

These halcyons may be looked for with a little more assurance in that pure October weather, which we distinguish by the name of the Indian Summer.

XIV. Essays. Nature. 1844 1909