white-tufted

The gloomy woods are inhabited by few birds: occasionally the plaintive note of a white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher (Myiobius albiceps) may be heard, concealed near the summit of the most lofty trees; and more rarely the loud strange cry of a black woodpecker, with a fine scarlet crest on its head.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The gloomy woods are inhabited by few birds: occasionally the plaintive note of a white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher (Myiobius albiceps) may be heard, concealed near the summit of the most lofty trees; and more rarely the loud strange cry of a black woodpecker, with a fine scarlet crest on its head.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

It walked without restraint, lazily, with arrogance, its white-tufted tail swinging.

Voodoo Planet Andre Norton 1958

The gloomy woods are inhabited by few birds: occasionally the plaintive note of a white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher (Myiobius albiceps) may be heard, concealed near the summit of the most lofty trees; and more rarely the loud strange cry of a black wood-pecker, with a fine scarlet crest on its head.

Chapter XI 1909

It was the kraal of the old white-tufted Shangaan, as Shadrach learned afterwards.

Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories Perceval Gibbon 1902

The mayoress was a thin, elderly country woman with a nod for everyone; her big Normandy cap fitted close round her thin face, making her head, with its round, astonished-looking eyes, look like a white-tufted fowl's, and she ate in little jerks as if she were pecking at her plate.

The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) Une Vie and Other Stories Guy de Maupassant 1871

Fuego occasionally adds its cry; the creeper (Oxyurus) follows the intruder screaming and twittering; the humming-bird may be seen every now and then darting from side to side, and emitting, like an insect, its shrill chirp; lastly, from the top of some lofty tree the indistinct but plaintive note of the white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher (Myiobius) may be noticed.

The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845

The gloomy woods are inhabited by few birds: occasionally the plaintive note of a white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher (Myiobius albiceps) may be heard, concealed near the summit of the most lofty trees; and more rarely the loud strange cry of a black woodpecker, with a fine scarlet crest on its head.

The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845

In life, Stafford wasn't as iconic as fellow Vermont senators George Aiken and Bernard Sanders, two white-tufted characters embraced by the common man.

TimesArgus.com: Barre/Montpelier Region 2010

In life, Stafford wasn't as iconic as fellow Vermont senators George Aiken and Bernard Sanders, two white-tufted characters embraced by the common man.

TimesArgus.com: Barre/Montpelier Region 2010