Then another bird called the parroquet complained in the sky, and said: “I am your portent; ye shall die.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Annals of the Cakchiquels] Reference

The most remarkable were the fine crimson lory, Eos rubra — a brush-tongued parroquet of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Malay Archipelago] Reference

The only bird new to me which I obtained at Lorok was the fine long-tailed parroquet (Palaeornis longicauda).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Malay Archipelago] Reference

The small parroquet, abundant in various districts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference

The Jaffna parroquet was discovered by Mr. Layard at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference

The Virginia nightingale and parroquet are also frequently visitors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The story of the life of John Anderson : the fugitive slave ed.] Reference

Dr. Kelaart states that it is the only parroquet of the Neuera-ellia range.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference

The only bird new to me which I obtained at Lorok was the fine long-tailed parroquet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1] Reference

(Ben Jonson), ‘alligator’; ‘parroquito’ (Webster) ‘parroquet’; ‘scalada’.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Past and Present] Reference

This morning we lost one of our crew overboard, an exceedingly pretty parroquet I had purchased at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II.] Reference

And you may be sure, reader, that Billy did not forget to take the pig and the parroquet along with him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn] Reference

Well, how comfortable it will be to-morrow, to see my parroquet, to play at loo, and not be obliged to talk seriously!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3] Reference

I served 'em with drink, and stayed with 'em just to see that they didn't lay their 'ands on the stuffed parroquet and the pictures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rodney Stone] Reference

Billy also had a pet parroquet which soon became tame enough to be allowed to move about at will with a cropped wing, and which was named.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn] Reference

The most remarkable were the fine crimson lory, Eos rubra -- a brush-tongued parroquet of a vivid crimson colour, which was very abundant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1] Reference

"Couldn't be worse;" and with that he clawed his way aft again, grasping every stanchion or shroud on his way, like a parroquet in a cage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Firm of Girdlestone] Reference

Layard's purple-headed parroquet, found at Kandy, is a very handsome bird, flying in flocks, and resting on the summits of the very highest trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference

I have been in still more danger by water: my parroquet was on my shoulder as I was feeding my gold-fish, and flew into the middle of the pond: I was very near being the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3] Reference

A red parroquet handle when you are dressed in nothing larger than a handkerchief.    From Wordnik.com.  [In a German Pension] Reference

I have mentioned the kaka and the parroquet.    From Wordnik.com.  [A First Year in Canterbury Settlement] Reference

And there was the parroquet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Olivier: a Life] Reference

But I was given a parroquet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fly Leaves] Reference

But I was given a parroquet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference

Look at that parroquet, I say!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Keeper of the Door] Reference

Beyond SELINDA'S parroquet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II] Reference

‘parasol’, ‘parroquet’, ‘peccadillo’, ‘picaroon’, ‘platina’, ‘poncho’.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Past and Present] Reference