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brain-fever bird

noun

  1. an Indian cuckoo, Cuculus varius , that utters a repetitive call
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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You hear the trumpet of elephants and the shriek of the brain-fever bird, see the red soil and feel the intense heat.

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He was singing in a high-pitched tuneless voice, and his song seemed to enrage the "brain-fever" bird in the mango tree, where he had hidden silent since the dawn.

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So persistent is it in calling that it is called in places the Brain-fever Bird.

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People moved about without energy, mopping their faces and yearning for the relief of a nor'wester, while a "brain-fever" bird cried its melancholy cadences with aggravating monotony, from a tree in the Collector's garden, where every leaf and twig had a thick coating of dust.

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What is known amongst English residents as the "brain-fever" bird, is common in some districts.

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