Lexicographical Neighbors of Puffbirds
Literary usage of Puffbirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace (1871)
"In the Brazilian forests there are great numbers of insectivorous birds—as
jacamars, trogons, and puffbirds —which catch insects on the wing, and that they ..."
2. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace (1870)
"In the Brazilian forests there are great numbers of insectivorous birds—as
jacamars, trogons, and puffbirds —which catch insects on the wing, and that they ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"... trogons, and puffbirds— which catch insects on tho wing, and that they destroy
many butterflies is indicated by the fact that the wings oí" these ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"MM : 11 - : i of Vieillot I have ventured to correct into Mona- cha. Sclater, Monog.
puffbirds, p. xl. ..."
5. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... blue-winged macaws, flame-crested and black- goggled tanagers, streamer-tailed
tyrants, crescent-chested puffbirds, and tawny-browed owls. ..."
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