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 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION 45

flying bird, any bird which habitually flies, as distin- guish! from birds which do not habitually fly.

homing bird, a bird that goes home; a bird, such as the carrier-pigeon, luhich, when releast from restraint, has the faculty or tendency to return, from great distances, to its home or place inhere it was reared.

mechanical bird, a bird^like flying-machine, or an arti- ficial bird designed to fly.

sailing bird, a bird which sails, soars, or glides in the air; a bird which practises sailing flight.

bird-catcher 'bB:zd,kaet$az n. one who or that which catches birds, as a person, a bird, or an insect.

bird-craft 'beizd^saift n. the* craft or art of flying as prac- tist by birds; the art of flight.

bird-fancier 'bB:zd,faensi-3z. one who fancies, or takes plesure in, rearing or collecting birds; also, a dealer in pet or captiv birds.

bird-flight 'bB:zd,fiLait n. the mode of flight characteristic of birds; bird-like flight.

bird-flock 'bsizd^tek n. a fleck or company of birds.

birdfflock flyer, a flyer or flying-machine such as A. G. Bell's tetjahedral-cell flying-apparatus, whose structure makes it resemble a fleck of birds in flight.

bird-life 'bB:zd,laif n. the life of birds; the mode of existence, habits, etc., of the fetherd tr,ibe.

bird-kite 'bB:zd,kait n. a Chinese kite which resembles a bird; a bird-like kite.

bird-land 'bB:zd,}aend n. the land or relm of birds; the airy reaches; airdom.

bird-like 'bsrzd^aik adj. like a bird; resembling that of a bird.

birdman 'bG:zd,mxn n. [also spelt bird man; ploral birdmen]

1. a bird-catcher; a fowler; also, an ornithologist.

2. a man who flies, by artificial means, in a manner comparable to that of a bird; a man-bird; an aviator.

bird's-eye 'bB:zdz,ai adj. seen from above, as if by a flying bird : as, a *bird's-eye landscape, a *bird's-eye view.

bird's-eye view, a mode of perspectiv representation in tuhich portions of country, towns, etc., appear as they would if viewd from a considerable elevation.

bird-tail 'bsizd^eel n. a tail like that of a bird.

bird-travel 'bB:zd,tr,aev9l n. the travel of birds; the periedic journeying to and fro of migrating birds.

bird-wave 'bB:zd,weev n. a wave or tide of bird immigra- tion; an arrival of birds in considerable numbers, as in the spring or fall.

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