2. Noun. A sandhill crane, ''Grus canadensis''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sandhill
1. a hill of sand [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandhill
Literary usage of Sandhill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1901)
"sandhill CRANE (Grus mexicana). Mr. Dearborn tells me that he ha« recently
purchased a sandhill Crane of Mr. JS Turner, a taxidermist at Portsmouth, ..."
2. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Mr. Timothy H. Ball also writes of their former occurrence in Lake county, that
they were common, but not so abundant as the sandhill Crane" (Birds of Ind., ..."
3. Local Records: Or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events, which Have by John Sykes (1833)
"During the time of the exhibition on the sandhill, the ox at the bottom of the
Old Flesh Market was taken from the fire, by means of a crane, ..."
4. The Monthly Chronicle of North Country Lore and Legend (1889)
""At the north side of Lork Burn, near the sandhill, stood the ... Mackenzie,
commencing his description where " the north angle of the sandhill opens into ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"THE CONVOLUTION OF THE TRACHEA IN THE sandhill AND WHOOPING CRANES. BY THOMAS S.
ROBERTS. IT is well known to ornithologists, that in many birds there are ..."
6. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"sandhill CRANE (Grus mexicana). Length. —40 to 48 inches; wing, about 22; bill, 6.
Adult.—. ... The sandhill Crane, was described by Miiller ..."
7. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... dress, and manners — Squaws — Commencement of a pedestrian tour — sandhill
cranes — Prairie settlers — Their hospitality — Wild pigeons, golden plovers ..."
8. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"sandhill CRANE. — Grus mexicana. Length: 44.00. FAMILY : The Cranes. ... THE habits
of the sandhill Crane and those of the whooping crane are very similar. ..."
9. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1901)
"sandhill CRANE (Grus mexicana). Mr. Dearborn tells me that he ha« recently
purchased a sandhill Crane of Mr. JS Turner, a taxidermist at Portsmouth, ..."
10. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Mr. Timothy H. Ball also writes of their former occurrence in Lake county, that
they were common, but not so abundant as the sandhill Crane" (Birds of Ind., ..."
11. Local Records: Or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events, which Have by John Sykes (1833)
"During the time of the exhibition on the sandhill, the ox at the bottom of the
Old Flesh Market was taken from the fire, by means of a crane, ..."
12. The Monthly Chronicle of North Country Lore and Legend (1889)
""At the north side of Lork Burn, near the sandhill, stood the ... Mackenzie,
commencing his description where " the north angle of the sandhill opens into ..."
13. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"THE CONVOLUTION OF THE TRACHEA IN THE sandhill AND WHOOPING CRANES. BY THOMAS S.
ROBERTS. IT is well known to ornithologists, that in many birds there are ..."
14. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"sandhill CRANE (Grus mexicana). Length. —40 to 48 inches; wing, about 22; bill, 6.
Adult.—. ... The sandhill Crane, was described by Miiller ..."
15. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... dress, and manners — Squaws — Commencement of a pedestrian tour — sandhill
cranes — Prairie settlers — Their hospitality — Wild pigeons, golden plovers ..."
16. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"sandhill CRANE. — Grus mexicana. Length: 44.00. FAMILY : The Cranes. ... THE habits
of the sandhill Crane and those of the whooping crane are very similar. ..."
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