willow-wren

When the gnat had heard that, she flew away again, and revealed everything, with the greatest minuteness, to the willow-wren.

Household Tales 2003

And the willow-wren summoned everything which flew in the air, not only birds, large and small, but midges, and hornets, bees and flies had to come.

Household Tales 2003

It was, however, in reality the willow-wren (Zaunkönig).

Household Tales 2003

It is far from wishing for the modest concealment of the true creeper (Certhia familiaris); nor does it, like that bird, run up the trunks of trees, but industriously, after the manner of a willow-wren, hops about, and searches for insects on every twig and branch.

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

It is far from wishing for the modest concealment of the true creeper (Certhia familiaris); nor does it, like that bird, run up the trunks of trees, but industriously, after the manner of a willow-wren, hops about, and searches for insects on every twig and branch.

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

The willow-wren also came flying through the air with his army with such a humming, and whirring, and swarming that every one was uneasy and afraid, and on both sides they advanced against each other.

Household Tales 2003

The willow-wren also came flying through the air with his army with such a humming, and whirring, and swarming that every one was uneasy and afraid, and on both sides they advanced against each other.

The Willow-Wren and the Bear 1909

When the time came for the war to begin, the willow-wren sent out spies to discover who was the enemy’s commander-in-chief.

The Willow-Wren and the Bear 1909

” Then the willow-wren flew to the bear’s hole and cried, “Growler, thou art to come to the nest of my children, and beg their pardon, or else every rib of thy body shall be broken.

The Willow-Wren and the Bear 1909

It is far from wishing for the modest concealment of the true creeper (Certhia familiaris); nor does it, like that bird, run up the trunks of trees, but industriously, after the manner of a willow-wren, hops about, and searches for insects on every twig and branch.

Chapter XI 1909