Birds of Unknown Species
- Buzby, yellow bird of unspecified species in advertisements for British Telecom in the late 1970s/early 1980s
- Dookie Bird, in B.C.
- Googles, a bird from Webkinz
- The Jubjub Bird from Lewis Carroll's poem, Jabberwocky
- Kazemaru in Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
- Pitch, and from the Kirby series
- The Roly-Poly Bird from several of Roald Dahl's books for children.
- Sukh-Shari, a bird pair from Thakurmar Jhuli that also appears commonly in Rupkatha's Bengali fairy tales.
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Famous quotes containing the words birds of, birds, unknown and/or species:
“The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 8:20.
“soon the birds and ancients
Will be starting to arrive, bereaving points
South.”
—Louise Glick (b. 1943)
“There are two great unknown forces to-day, electricity and woman, but men can reckon much better on electricity than they can on woman.”
—Josephine K. Henry, U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, ch. 15, by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper (1902)
“Thus all probable reasoning is nothing but a species of sensation. ‘Tis not solely in poetry and music, we must follow our taste and sentiment, but likewise in philosophy, When I am convinc’d of any principle, ‘tis only an idea which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)