Bower Bird - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bower birdBower bird
An Australian bird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus allied to the starling The male constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright colored objects to attract females the satin bird...
Birds
Birds. Larceny may be committed at Common Law of domestic fowls, as hens, ducks, geese, etc. (1 Hale, PC 511), and of tame pigeons, though unconfined, Reg. v. Cheafor, (1851) 2 Den CCR 361, and of tame pheasants, Reg. v. Head, (1857) 1 F&F 350; or partridges, Reg. v. Shickle, (1868) LR 1 CCR 158. The (English) Larceny Act, 1861, ss. 21-23, provides, that whoever shall steal, or kill with intent to steal, birds ordinarily kept in a state of confinement, or for any domestic purposes, not being the subject of larceny at Common Law, or shall be in possession of any such bird, or the plumage thereof, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punishable on summary conviction by fine or imprisonment.As to unlawfully and wilfully killing or wounding house doves or pigeons under circumstances not amounting to larceny at Common Law, see (English) Larceny Act, 1861, s. 23, and Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 41. See also the (English) Poultry Act, 1911, and the Protection of Animals Act, 1911...
Mino bird
An Asiatic bird Gracula musica allied to the starlings It is black with a white spot on the wings and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words It is one of the birds called mynah bird...
Birds eye
Seen from above as if by a flying bird embraced at a glance hence general not minute or entering into details as a birds eye view...
Lyre bird
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and when spread arranged in the form of a lyre The common lyre bird Menura superba inhabiting New South Wales is about the size of a grouse Its general color is brown with rufous color on the throat wings tail coverts and tail Called also lyre pheasant and lyre tail...
Wild birds
Wild birds. See BIRDS....
Baltimore bird
A common bird Icterus galbula of eastern and central America and Canada named after Lord Baltimore because its colors black and orange red are like those of his coat of arms called also golden robin It winters in the American tropics...
Bird cage
A cage for confining birds...
Bird fancier
One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds...
Bird of paradise
The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands The males have brilliant colors elegant plumes and often remarkable tail feathers...
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