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Definition of Ricebirds
1. ricebird [n] - See also: ricebird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ricebirds
Literary usage of Ricebirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Travels of Birds: Our Birds and Their Journeys to Strange Lands by Frank Michler Chapman (1916)
"From South Carolina the ricebirds continue their journey southward through ...
Whether some ricebirds fly all the way from southern Cuba to northern South ..."
2. Handbook of Nature Study: For Teachers and Pupils in Elementary Schools by Dietrich Lange (1898)
"Thousands of these ricebirds hover constantly about the rice fields, and the
Southern farmers have to spend thousands of dollars annually to keep the birds ..."
3. A Florida Sketch-book by Bradford Torrey (1894)
"I said something about his burden, and as I went on he called after me: " What
kind of birds are you hunting for? ricebirds? " I answered that I was looking ..."
4. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893 by Committee on Awards, World's Columbian Commission, United States (1901)
"Other birds, particularly the red-winged blackbirds (one of which appears in this
group), unite with the ricebirds to pillage the rice fields, ..."
5. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1895)
"In addition to the use of firearms, various other methods of avoiding the ravages
of the ricebirds have been tried, but with, at best, indifferent success. ..."
6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1891)
"It is worthy of note that a terrific storm prevailed ten days before along the
coast of North Carolina, and that the largest flock of ricebirds — chiefly ..."
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