Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprigtails
Literary usage of Sprigtails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Wild-fowl Shooting: Describing the Haunts, Habits, and Methods of by Joseph W. Long (1874)
"sprigtails are not usually so plenty in the Western States in the fall as during
the spring; but a few make their appearance during September, ..."
2. Florida and the Game Water-birds of the Atlantic Coast and the Lakes of the by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1884)
"... canvas-backs and red-heads are alone expected, mallards, sprigtails, and
especially the wary black-duck will never or rarely approach a point. ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1874 Pin-oaks, whose tiny acorns are greedily sought for by mallards and
sprigtails.—JW Long, ' American Wild Fowl,' p. 197. (NED) Pinch. ..."
4. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"... disperse in different directions; but the sprigtails, when alarmed, cluster
confusedly together as they mount, and thereby afford the sportsman a fair ..."
5. The American Sportsman by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (1906)
"sprigtails are shy and vigilant; when aroused, they fly confusedly together, so
that the shooter has always a fine opportunity to rake the flock when on the ..."
6. The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (1857)
"sprigtails are shy and vigilant; when aroused, they fly confusedly together, so
that the shooter has always a fine opportunity to rake the flock when on the ..."
7. The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (1874)
"sprigtails are shy and vigilant; when aroused, they fly confusedly together, so
that the shooter has always a fine opportunity to rake the flock when on the ..."
8. Memories of a Rear-admiral who Has Served for More Than Half a Century in by Samuel Rhoades Franklin (1898)
"... and also to Suisun Bay, above Benicia; at the end of these little cruises
returning laden with canvas - backs, sprigtails, widgeon, and teal. ..."
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