Or that I can dive down at one side of a Highland loch and come up at the other like a sheldrake?. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
A subspecies of the critically endangered crested shelduck, called Kuroda's sheldrake Tadorna cristata kuroda, once occurred along the southern coast of Korea. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Korea evergreen forests] Reference
In a lonesome inlet, a sheldrake, lost from the flock. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass [1867]] Reference
The sheldrake ducks also have a fleshy growth on the bill. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
But as she fell into the water she became a sheldrake duck. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
Mergus Merganser (buff-breasted merganser or sheldrake), common on lakes and rivers. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
A young emu was killed with the assistance of Spring; and a sheldrake was shot by Brown. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
In a lonesome inlet a sheldrake lost from the flock, sitting on the water rocking silently. From Wordnik.com. [The Patriotic Poems of Walt Whitman] Reference
In a lonesome inlet, a sheldrake, lost from the flock, sitting on the water, rocking silently. From Wordnik.com. [Poems By Walt Whitman] Reference
Ducks of various kinds -- sheldrake, summer ducks, etc. -- were quite common, and ran over the water before us as fast as a horse trots. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
Midsummer Day I saw a sheldrake (probably an escaped bird) flying down the river, looking very splendid in its black, white, and red plumage, in the bright light of the morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist on the Thames] Reference
I have heard Captain Smith say more than once, that he had seen flocks of ducks a full mile wide and five or six miles long, wherein canvasbacks, mallard, widgeon, redheads, dottrel, sheldrake, and teal swam wing to wing, actually crowding each other. From Wordnik.com. [Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony] Reference
In the first four cases (143-146) are the sub-families of the true duck, collected from various parts of the world; -- the teal from China; the whistling duck from South America, and the European varieties of the common teal, the widgeon, and the sheldrake. From Wordnik.com. [How to See the British Museum in Four Visits] Reference
But as she fell into the water she became a sheldrake duck. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology] Reference
Said the sheldrake to the crane. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Crack Corn] Reference
Check out the link: http://www. sheldrake.org/nkisi/. From Wordnik.com. [[Fiction] Friday #161 « Write Anything] Reference
Checkout this link to learn about a real life telepathic parrot: http://www. sheldrake.org/nkisi/. From Wordnik.com. [Knowing Your Process: What « Write Anything] Reference
Sheldrick, for sheldrake. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Names] Reference
Kwaseekho, the sheldrake. From Wordnik.com. [Secret of the Woods] Reference
Brown also shot a sheldrake and a. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
And the sheldrake eats a dozen fish to his one. From Wordnik.com. [Secret of the Woods] Reference
The sea-fowl are ducks, teal, and the sheldrake. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14] Reference
Big sheldrake. From Wordnik.com. [Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow] Reference
Black-neck sheldrake. From Wordnik.com. [Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow] Reference
There were geese, barrel-headed and black-backed, teal, widgeon, mallard, and sheldrake, with curlews, and here and there a flamingo. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Jungle Book] Reference
There's also a discussion of this video on our forum at: http://forum. mind-energy.net/skeptiko-podcast/1429-new-video-rupert-sheldrake. html. From Wordnik.com. [Parapsychology articles and blog] Reference
A free (audio and transcript) of the complete interview with Phillip Stevens is available at: http://www. skeptiko.com/88-scientific-community-unfair-to-rupert-sheldrake/. From Wordnik.com. [PR.com Press Releases] Reference
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