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Night bird

noun

Any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc.

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"Night bird" Quotes from Famous Books

... rifle his only protection. At his camp-fire, on the point of his ramrod, he would cook the game which he obtained in abundance, and upon his bed of leaves would sleep in sweetest enjoyment, lulled by the wind through the tree-tops, and by the cry of the night bird and of the wild beasts roaming around. In subsequent life, he occasionally spoke of these hours as seasons ...

— Daniel Boone - The Pioneer of Kentucky • John S. C. Abbott

... 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

... but a slight sound came from the lake, and he stayed. It was merely the cry of the night bird, calling to its mate, one would have said, but Robert's attention was attracted by an odd inflection in it, a strain that seemed familiar. He listened with the utmost attention, and when it came a second time, he was so sure that his ...

— The Lords of the Wild - A Story of the Old New York Border • Joseph A. Altsheler

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

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... everywhere, thickest over the marshy places. A mole cricket was chirring in the grass by the old doorstone. Sharp on the soft dark air came the call of that woodland night bird which the mountain people say cries "chip-out-o'-white-oak," and which others ...

— Judith of the Cumberlands • Alice MacGowan

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