dumpy-built

Updated: August 15, 2026

Here also in the mesquite and giant cactus were thrush and Western meadow-larks and mocking-birds mimicking the call of the cat-bird. Down in the brush by the river was the happy little water-ousel, as cheerful in his way as the dumpy-built musical canyon wren. The Mexican crossbill appeared to have little fear of the migrating Northern shrike.

E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson) Kolb - Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico