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Definition of Kingbirds
1. kingbird [n] - See also: kingbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingbirds
Literary usage of Kingbirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... Stories of Country Life by Sarah Powers Bradish (1901)
"The kingbirds are building there." " Do you mean those little birds with gray
... are they called kingbirds ? " " Because they are strong and brave and able ..."
2. Our Birds and Their Nestlings by Margaret Coulson Walker (1904)
"IN plain view of everybody the castle of the kingbirds is built on a branch of
some orchard tree, because they know that there food, such as they like, ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"kingbirds arrive about the middle of May, but, as with Say's ... In 1900. a pair
of kingbirds built their nest in a box older tree close to that of the ..."
4. Bird-life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds by Frank Michler Chapman (1901)
"Bee-keepers accuse the Kingbird of a taste for honeybees, but the examination,
made by Prof. Beal, of two hundred and eighteen kingbirds' stomachs shows ..."
5. Birds in Their Relations to Man: A Manual of Economic Ornithology for the by Clarence Moores Weed, Ned Dearborn (1903)
"kingbirds never allow a hawk to pass them in peace There is no better insurance
against hawks than a family of kingbirds located near the poultry-yard. ..."
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