Lexicographical Neighbors of Chukor
Literary usage of Chukor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1891)
"The nest, if it may bo called such, is a few scraps of grass and roots, lining
a slight depression on the ground in a similar manner to that of the chukor. ..."
2. Bullet and Shot in Indian Forest, Plain and Hill: With Hints to Beginners in by Charles Edward Mackintosh Russell (1900)
"The best month for shooting chukor on the lower hills is October, when the young
birds are strong ... The chukor exhibits considerable difference in size, ..."
3. The Bāz-nāma-yi Nāsirī: A Persian Treatise on Falconry by Husām al-Daulah Timūr ibn Husain ʻAlī, Mīrzā, Douglas Craven Phillott (1908)
"Now go into a good spot, mark down a chukor that will give a fairly easy flight,1
... If, as she leaves your fist, she at once take the "chukor" in the air, ..."
4. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"... H. THE chukor PARTRIDGE. Descr.—Plumage above pale bluish or olive ashy, washed
with a rufous tinge ; lores black, and a white band behind the eye ..."
5. The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of India: Being Descriptions of All the Species by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"... H. THE chukor PARTRIDGE. Descr.—Plumage above pale bluish or olive ashy, washed
with a rufous tinge ; lores black, and a white band behind the eye ..."
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