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Definition of Rifleman bird
1. Noun. Small green-and-bronze bird.
Generic synonyms: New Zealand Wren
Group relationships: Acanthisitta, Genus Acanthisitta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rifleman Bird
Literary usage of Rifleman bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Little is known of the habits of any of them, but the Rifleman-bird proper is
said to get its food by thrusting its somewhat long bill under the loose bark ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Rifleman - Bird, or Rifle - Bird, names given . . . probably because in coloration
it resembled the well-known uniform of the rifle-regiments of the British ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"553 : " Rifleman - Bird, or Rifle - Bird, names given . . . probably because in
coloration it resembled the well-known uniform of the rifle-regiments of the ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... the Rifleman-bird,2 is velvety-black with a purple gloss, having the head,
throat, and median rectrices green, the abdomen bronzy; the crown-feathers ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... FRS Sec the biographical article: NEWTON, ALFRED. ALFRED PETER HILLIER, MD,
MP 4 Regiomontanus. 4 Renan. /Rhea; Rifleman-bird; I Roller (Bird); Run. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... Rifleman-bird; Sec the biographical article: NEWTON, ALFRED. \ Roller (Bird);
Huff. • ?. H. ALFRED PETER HILLIER, MD, MP r Author of South African ..."
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