He assumes the avine head, foxy moustache and proboscidal eloquence of Seymour Bushe.
The great terrestrial Kingfishers, of which Australia has three species--the fourth being confined to New Guinea--are amongst the avinecuriosities of Australia.
That refulgent avine gem, the Kingfisher, is a frequent haunter of the shuttles, and the dyke just above and below the sluice.
It is perhaps in the migration of birds that comparisons become most pronounced between the avine characteristics of the northern and south-western counties of England.
Hordes of Ducks and Geese swell the more sedentary avine populations, or replace such species as Terns, that migrate or wander south with the approach of winter.
One more bird deserves notice ere we bring our survey of avine life upon the heaths to a conclusion, and that is the Short-eared Owl.
The northern shires are not specially remarkable for avine song during the winter months, and here we have a deficiency that contrasts very strongly with that musical abundance of some of the southern counties.
And so the month draws on, and gradually completes the cycle of the year with the advent of January, the latter bringing with it a few slight changes that indicate the beginning of another round of avine phenomena.
They are better described as mountain birds, and shall receive more detailed notice in our chapter devoted to the avine characteristics of such localities.
The naturalist familiar with bird-life in the southern counties only, will, in investigating the avifauna of mountain and loch, enter upon an entirely novel series of avine phenomena.
This variation in avine phenomena is not only far too often entirely ignored, but is apt to lead the student of bird-lore astray; due allowance has to be made in many cases for this difference in latitude, and all that it involves.
The Dipper is the one constant avine dweller on the upland streams, consequently we must in fairness regard him as the most characteristic bird of these localities.
We have not space to deal here with this grandavine movement; but, content with this passing allusion to it, pass on to a study of the other feathered dwellers by the sea.
A person could select no better situation for the observation of this grand avine movement than the coast.
As soon, however, as the duties of the year are over great numbers of species resort to the sea coasts, where, in all districts suited to their requirements, they form one of the most characteristic avine features.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "avine" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
