gallantness
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There are more than 360 species of birds, including the great blue heron and the diminutive green variety, purple gallinules and roseate spoonbills, the white ibis and the black skimmer.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2019
Among the cat victims were mourning doves, blue jays, cottontail rabbits, southern flying squirrels and rarer animals, such as purple gallinules, a kind of water bird.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2016
Thus, the streams are fished by herons, grebes, and kingfishers, while the rushy margins are worked by coots and gallinules, and, above the surface, reed and sedge-warblers, with other kinds, inhabit the reed-beds.
From Birds in Town and Village by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
He was loaded for gallinules, and I, being no sportsman, and never having seen an alligator before, was some shades less confident.
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford
Going back to my chair, I found that neither jacana, nor gallinules, nor herons had been disturbed by my shot.
From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William
