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51Naga (The Bird Series) — Naga is a fictional sentient race based on the Asian mythology of Nāga that appear in the Korean fantasy novel The Bird That Drinks Tears and its sequel The Bird That Drinks Blood, written by a Korean writer Lee Yeongdo. Contents 1 Physical… …
52Lateralization of bird song — Oscine songbirds produce song through the vocal organ, the syrinx, which is composed of bilaterally symmetric halves located where the trachea separates into the two bronchi. Using endoscopic techniques, it has been observed that song is produced …
532008 bird flu outbreak in West Bengal — The 2008 bird flu outbreak in West Bengal is an occurrence of avian influenza in West Bengal, India that began on January 16 2008. The infection was caused by the H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus and occurred in at least thirteen districts,… …
54the early bird catches the worm — The corollary in quot. 2001, it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese, is attributed to US comedian Steven Wright; it may be used independently to counsel caution. 1636 W. CAMDEN Remains concerning Britain (ed. 5) 307 The early bird catcheth… …
55well begun is half done — Cf. PLATO Laws 753e ἀρχὴ γὰρ λέγεται μὲν ἥμισυ παντὸς ἐν ταῖς παροιμίαις ἔργου, proverbially it is said that the beginning is the half of every task; HORACE Epistles I. ii. 40 dimidium facti qui coepit habet, he who has made a beginning, has half …
56Francis Bird — (1667 ndash; 1731) was one of the leading English sculptors of his time. He is mainly remembered for sculptures in Westminster Abbey and St Paul s Cathedral. He carved a tomb for the dramatist William Congreve in Westminster Abbey and sculptures… …
57Venus on the Half-Shell and Others — infobox Book | name = Venus on the Half Shell and Others title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = Philip José Farmer editor = Christopher Paul Carey illustrator = cover artist = Bob Eggleton country =… …
58To hang the flag at half-staff — Flag Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. [1913 Webster] 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc.,… …
59To hang the flag half-mast high — Flag Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. [1913 Webster] 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc.,… …
60To hang the flag half-staff — Flag Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. [1913 Webster] 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc.,… …
