Rozieres, and she is a babbler and makes the least thing a subject for gossip.
A fiddler at the door goes but for a rogue, though music and musicians be honoured: whoever took a talkative babbler for a wise man?
What will this babbler say;" and as Pharaoh, Exod.
This is the Verri chinda, the mad babbler of the Telugu-speaking people.
Probably many a large babbler has, owing to its tameness, succumbed to the motor-car.
In the same way the yellow-eyed babbler (Pyctorhis sinensis), whose nest is shaped like an inverted cone, attaches this by cobweb to the stems of the crop in which it is situated.
In many parts of India the yellow-eyed babbler is quite a common bird.
The only instrument made by man that can rival the call of the mad babbler is the "rattle" used at our English Universities, or at any rate at Cambridge, to encourage the oarsmen in the Lent or May races.
So readily does the babbler clan lend itself to the humoresque, that from it has been evolved the large grey babbler (Argya malcomi), a species even more comic than the noisy sisterhood.
The babbler thrushes recall the good old days of ancient Rome when all were for the State and none for a party.
I am aware that it is not easy to count accurately a babbler club, for its members are always on the move, and odd birds are apt to pop out of unexpected places.
One has but to observe the laboured flight of a babbler to appreciate how easy a mark he is to a bird of prey.
When the front rank of the babbler posse had advanced to within a foot of the crows a halt was called, and the adversaries contemplated one another in silence for a few seconds.
Chief among these are our well-known friends the babbler thrushes, alias the seven sisters, or seven brothers, as some will have it.
Even as some Labour Members of Parliament wear frock-coats and top hats, so are there some well-dressed members of the babbler clan.
This babbler was common at the Cocoa Research Station but uncommon elsewhere.
This babbler tends to inhabit secondary growth more than does T.
This babbler was common in small groups at Quoin Hill.
This babbler was abundant in the moss forest above Tenom and appeared to be at the height of its breeding season in December.
This babbler inhabits the understory of primary forest, and occasionally is seen in secondary forest scrub.
This babbler appears to sing as it moves along the forest floor without stopping.
The striped tree babbler is known only from the mountains of northern Luzon.
The yellow tree babbler is resident in the vicinity of Cape Engaño, northern Luzon.
The black-headed babbler is common in Samar and Leyte, and frequents the higher branches of the undergrowth.
Whitehead's tree babbler is very abundant in the vicinity of Baguio, Benguet Province, Luzon.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
When alarmed they give vent to a harsh cry of a kind characteristic of the babbler tribe.
The scimitar-babbler is a bird nearly as big as a myna.
This Nilgiri babbler does not enter gardens unless they are somewhat unkempt and contain plenty of thick bushes.
The southern scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus horsfieldi), like the jungle babbler on the Nilgiris, is a bird heard more often than seen.
This tit-like babbler is often seen in company with the true tits, which it resembles in habits and size.
The Nilgiri babbler is a shy bird; it seems to dislike being watched.
The next member of the family of the Crateropodidæ that demands our attention is the rusty-cheeked scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys).
Several species of scimitar-babbler occur in the Himalayas.
In Madras a white-headed babbler nestling was once brought to me.
Like the two species of babbler already described, it is a shy creature, living amid thick shrubs, from which it seldom ventures far.
A very diminutive member of thebabbler clan is the fire-cap (Cephalopyrus flammiceps).
When a babbler espies a hawk-like bird, it does not wait to inspect each feather before fleeing in terror; hence all that is necessary to the cuckoo is that it should bear a general resemblance to the shikra.
Finn found that this insect was eaten freely by birds, and that the common jungle-babbler (Crateropus canorus) was deceived by the mimicry of the female.
Where you are a fool is to have believed that Privy Seal, who is a wise man, or Viridus, who is a philosopher after my heart, would have sent such a sot and babbler on such a tickle errand.
They will talk where there are a many together,' Katharine answered; 'the magister is a notorious babbler and will have told many lies.
Strange it is, that that babbler should suppose it unjustifiable for the people to alter or amend, or even entirely abolish, what they themselves have established.
You meant to make a swift end of a foolish babbler whose awakened conscience threatened your safety.
The babbler was somewhat scandalised at their behaviour, and told them how ill they did to be merry in hell; and several others admired it as much, and asked them the reason of it, considering their condition.
The dove appeared to have used as the foundation for its nest an old one of the striated bush babbler (Argya caudata).
In the same bush, at the same level, that is to say, about a yard from the ground and only a couple of feet from the dove's nest, was that of a striated bush babbler containing three dark blue eggs.
From which Rosamund perceived that women had been at work; and if so, it was upon the business of the scandal-monger; and if so, Nevil fought his cousin to protect her good name from a babbler of the family gossip.
This is the common babbler of the Madras presidency.
The Striated Babbler breeds in suitable localities throughout Continental India, from Sindh to Tipperah and Assam, as also in Burmah.
The Burmese Spotted Babbler breeds pretty well over the whole of Pegu and Tenasserim.
The Large Grey Babbler breeds throughout the central portions of both the Peninsula and Continent of India from the Nilghiris to the Dhoon.
Cockburn, writing from Kotagherry, tells me that "the White-throated Babbler builds its nest in the month of June.
Davison found the nest of the Red-winged Babbler at Bankasoon on the 23rd April, just when he was leaving the place.
The Striated Marsh-Babbler, as Jerdon calls it, has nothing of the Babblerin it.
The Southern Scimitar Babbler breeds throughout the hilly tracts of Southern India, up to an elevation of fully 7000 feet.
The bird victimises various species of babbler, more especially the jungle babbler (Crateropus canorus) and the large grey babbler (Argya malcomi).
It sits on a branch, clamouring continually for food, flapping its wings and uttering a very fair imitation of the babbler call.
The young lady tripped away, and theBabbler almost immediately entered.
By the light of the torch he held in his hand he at once recognized Kennedy, the guide whom the Babbler pretended had been burnt alive in the conflagration of the prairie.
The Babbler had fled, but a large track of blood proved that he was seriously wounded.
After breakfast we will strike tents; have the goodness to give the necessary orders to the lancers, and send the Babbler to me.
Knowing that you had the Babbler for a guide, he suspects that the half-breed intends to draw you into some snare?
People should speak plainly in business affairs," the Babbler observed, shaking his head.
I am as sure as a man can be who affirms a thing of which he has no proof; that is to say, after the antecedents of the Babbler everything of the sort must be expected from him.
The features of the Babbler were livid, a cold perspiration stood in drops upon his temples, and the blood flowed in abundance from a wound in his breast.
The captain made a sign of assent, and the Babbler began.
The Babbler incessantly cast anxious looks around him, appearing to seek for auxiliaries amidst the thickets which the little party passed silently through.
The Babbler and his companion were conversing in signs.
The next morning, two hours before sunrise, the Babbler gave orders to prepare for departure.
As soon as they were alone, the two men with whom the Babbler had just made this hideous and strange bargain, retreated silently among the underwood, through which they crawled like serpents.
The eggs of this cuckoo are blue, but are distinguishable from those of the babbler by their larger size.
When it sees a babbler approaching with food, the cuckoo cries out and flaps its wings vigorously.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "babbler" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: blab; chatterbox; magpie; prattler; rattle
