fly-feeders

Updated: May 27, 2025

Rarely, or never, does he expend powder and shot on the swallow, the wagtail, the tomtit, the starling, the thrush, the blackbird, the wren, the robin, or any of the grub and fly-feeders. Ha! ye scribblers of closet conceits! you have been sneering at "Chaw-bacon" long enough.

Mayne Reid - The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea