mitre
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Garrett said the red-crowned amazon is one of several exotic birds that have found a home in Southern California, along with the lilac-crowned parrots of western Mexico and the mitred parakeets of South America.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023
Pointing to the first few birds spotted during the Temple City field trip — a pair of mitred parakeets alighting in a sycamore tree — Husic suggested another explanation for a perceived noise increase.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2023
Others with roughly 1,000 members or more include the mitred parakeet, yellow-chevroned parakeet and the lilac-crowned Amazon parrot.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2017
Through its courtyard are always passing "black" monks, mitred abbots, bishops, for high sacrifice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The casqued and mitred gentry are the English captains and the prelates.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne