bull bird

• Other Authors: Ranger, A., Higgins, Jenny, Memorial University of Newfoundland. English Language Resource Centre
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Gunner; Newfoundland; Dovekie
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7691

The dovekie - called variously an ice bird and a bull bird - is the smallest of our auk-like birds, barely filling the palm of the hand as it lies dead but still feathered in the clutch of the triumphant gunner. 2 The dovekie bull n Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story...