This young person had a round, chubby face, with bright apple-hued cheeks, a dark, bullet-shaped head, and round, bead-like eyes that glanced about her rapidly like those of a frightened dickey-bird.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance] Reference

"My son," observed Duane, "there are a few subjects for conversation which do not include the centipede and the polka-dotted dickey-bird.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Danger Mark] Reference