Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
1Frequently a huge bat or bird of night flitted by.
2This is the bird of night, singing to its young!
3Then, like a bird of night on silent wings, came this walking in his sleep.
4Casca dwells especially on the ' bird of night.'
5Along the shore of the sleeping lake our engine swept like a great, black, wingless bird of night.
6While I was talking with For, the bird of night had indeed furtively spread its black wings over Avendoom.
8The bird of night makes its ill-omened sound;
9No gurgle along the shore: no splash against the great logs that made the wharf; no bird of night calling to its mate.
10A deep, brooding shadow was on her heart, though she could not see the bird of night from whose wings it had fallen.
11Numerous species of the goatsucker, well known as the bird of night, inhabit the forests of the Amazon as well as the settled districts.
12Clouds obscured the stars; not a sound was to be heard, except the voice of some bird of night, which came from a distance.
13As he looked he saw La Meffraye come to the door and set her face within, like some bird of night, hideous and foul.
14Poor injured little bird of night, how sadly hast thou suffered, and how foul a stain has inattention to facts put upon thy character!
15They had no fancy to be left in the darkness with the bird of night and the "dried spirits" of the ancient cliff dwellers.
16Like three birds of night and omen, these three evil natures settled on the rich man's roof.
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