Alexander built a city called Bucephala in its memory. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
When Bucie died, Alexander built the city of Bucephala for his tomb. From Wordnik.com. [The Swiftness of Life] Reference
One of these he named Alexandria, after himself; another Bucephala, in memory of his favorite steed; and still another Nicæa, for his victories. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
In commemoration Alexander built the city of Bucephala (Boukephala), the site of which is almost certainly to be identified with a mound on the bank of the river opposite the modern. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) The common goldeneye, a black-and-white diving duck, is one of the last to migrate south in the fall. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Anand Sharma favours treating fisheries on a par with agriculture] Reference
Alexander rested a month on the banks of the Hydaspes, where he celebrated his victory by games and sacrifices, and founded two towns one of which he named Nicaea, and the other Bucephala, in honour of his gallant charger Bucephalus, which is said to have died there. From Wordnik.com. [A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest] Reference
Other common wintering species are goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis), mute swan (Cygnus olor), whooper swan (C. cygnus), flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), grey-lag goose (Anser anser), mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos), teals, and diving ducks. From Wordnik.com. [Caspian lowland desert] Reference
Goldeneye, Common Bucephala clangula 180. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Other characteristic species include great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla), Guldenstadts’ redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster), gadwall (Anas strepera), whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), common pochard (Aythya ferina), Greater Scaup (A. marila), common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), and Dalmatian pelican (Pelicanus crispus). From Wordnik.com. [Caucasus mixed forests] Reference
Bucephala he from being built had kept. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Part of the Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley Being his Six Books of Plants] Reference
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