"'There is a bird in my part of England we call a mire-drum or bull of the bog that is almost as good. You can hear him a good three miles off on a calm evening.'"--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 107
Nickname for the American Bittern. See thunder-pumper.
"'There is a bird in my part of England we call a mire-drum or bull of the bog that is almost as good. You can hear him a good three miles off on a calm evening.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 107
Nickname for the American Bittern. See thunder-pumper.