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"Night bird" Quotes from Famous Books

... sound they come from behind the screen—all four, and look. The dark night bird says: "Hallo; fainted!" ARNAUD holds ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... an ill-omened night bird he is! May he be cursed from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head! May there be no soundness in him! May—What are you about, friend?" he cried, interrupting himself. "There's no need of two pair of oars. We have ...

— Prisoners of Hope - A Tale of Colonial Virginia • Mary Johnston

... stopped, thinking that certainly he had heard us. It was only the beat of a night bird's wings. We dared take only an inch at a time, sliding forward ...

— The Escape of a Princess Pat • George Pearson

... "it is not a swallow, though it has similar habits, and always catches its prey upon the wing. It is a bird that bears a good many different names; one of the most appropriate is that of the 'night-jar,'—though it is not really a night bird, but more of the twilight. It is called 'jar,' from the peculiar jarring noise which you heard, just like that made by the vibrating of a spinning-wheel. In some places they call it the 'goatsucker,' from a foolish idea that it sucked the milk from the goats, as it is sometimes ...

— Hollowdell Grange - Holiday Hours in a Country Home • George Manville Fenn

... three minutes in the attitude of deep attention, when he emitted a peculiar fluttering whistle, such as a timid night bird sometimes makes from its perch in the up most branches, while calling to its mate. It was still trembling on the air, when a response came from a point not far away and to the right. Could any one have seen the face of the youthful Shawanoe, ...

— The Lost Trail - I • Edward S. Ellis