 were killed accidentally, by the negroes at work ; as they are so foolish as to hide their heads, and, cocking up their rumps, think they are safe, when they are easily taken.  The Birds of Jamaica - Page 374by Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill - 1847 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1847 - 474 pages
...heads, and, cocking up their rumps, think they are safe, when they are easily taken." (MSS. iii. 112.) He says elsewhere, " The negroes in Clarendon call...constitute this a species of much beauty. SULTANA.* (Martinico Gallinule. — WlLS.) Porphyrio Martinica. Gattinala Martinica, GMEL. — Aud. pi. 305.... | |
 | Birds - 1900 - 504 pages
...heads, and, cocking up their rumps, think they are safe, when they are easily taken." He [Robinson] says elsewhere, 'The negroes in Clarendon call it...which consists of three articulations; the negroes in Westmorland call it Johnny Ho, and Kitty Go, for the same reason.' " Mr. WT March, in a paper on the... | |
 | Birds - 1901 - 508 pages
...Robinson, as quoted by Gosse, in ' Birds of Jamaica' (1847, p. 376), says of the Little Black Rail : — '* The negroes in Clarendon call it Cacky-quaw, by reason...negroes in Westmoreland call it Johnny Ho. and Kitty Gi> for the same reason." He also says that two birds which were brought to him alive gave a " very... | |
 | Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page - Foreign Language Study - 2002 - 578 pages
...rumps, think they are safe, when they are easily taken. .The negroes in Clarendon call it CacJty-quate, by reason of its cry, which consists of three articulations...the negroes in Westmoreland call it Johnny Ho, and Kmy Go, for the lame reason*. CACOA see COCOA. CACOON /kaakiiun, kakuun/ sb; 1696 1794 1920 cocoon,... | |
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