whistling-bird

Updated: May 7, 2025

These are not, however, the only feathered fowl remarkable for the peculiarity of their notes; we must also mention the "whistling-bird," the "knife-grinder," the "mocking-bird," the "coachman," which mimics the crack of the whip, and the "laughing jackass," with its continual bursts of laughter, which have a strange effect upon the nerves.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century