ramiers

Updated: May 21, 2025

For so the Indian story ran once on a time a tribe of Chaymas built their palm-leaf ajoupas upon the very spot where the lake now lies, and lived a merry life. The sea swarmed with shellfish and turtle, and the land with pine- apples; the springs were haunted by countless flocks of flamingoes and horned screamers, pajuis and blue ramiers; and, above all, by humming-birds.

Charles Kingsley - At Last

Of course the wood-pigeon is only one of many birds that make this annual tour, taking, as the rest do, a "return ticket." Now the ramiers of France, in passing southward, must ply their wings a little more strenuously to mount over the snowy summits of the Pyrenees; but they only commence ascending to this higher elevation when near the mountains.

Mayne Reid - Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt