Definitionn. a breeding ground for gregarious birds
Last update: June 25, 2015
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THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS (1766-1834), English economist, was born in 1766 at the Rookery, near Guildford, Surrey, a small estate owned by his father, Daniel Malthus, a gentleman of good family and independent fortune, of considerable culture, the friend and correspondent of Rousseau and one of his executors. [Please select]
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Then he bent forward and whispered: "I should think ye would be glad, sor, to get out of this rookery." [Please select]
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Now tear back to your banana rookery or you'll miss something.' [Please select]
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There is now one warden in Florida who says that "before they get my rookery they will first have to get me." [Please select]
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I have heard their tales, and even full accounts of the 'shooting-up' of an egret rookery. [Please select]
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"Nineteen years ago, I visited the Cuthbert Rookery with one of the men who discovered the birds nesting in that lake." [Please select]
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Any man who ever has been in an egret rookery (and I have) knows that the above testimony is _true_. [Please select]
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] [Illustration: LAYSAN ALBATROSS ROOKERY, AFTER THE GREAT SLAUGHTER The Same Ground as Shown in the Preceding Picture, Photographed in 1911 by Prof. [Please select]
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As we were returning home, we saw a gentleman, who was very ill, sitting under a shady tree at the corner of his rookery. [Please select]
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"I should say that Alec ought to be able to take all the pictures he needs of this old rookery this morning," remarked Arthur. [Please select]
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