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Britons, because in the old time it abounded with eagles, Eryri 5 in the ancient British language signifying an eyrie or breeding-place of eagles.

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

Locusts are always seen in Taka, which seems to be their breeding-place, from whence they spread over other parts of Nubia.

Travels in Nubia 2004

The cabin is now a favourite breeding-place for mosquitoes, and we have to support both the ship-bred and shore-bred bloodsuckers, of which several species show us their irritating attentions.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

The settlement, composed of mean hovels, with a few large structures of mud, or plastered wattle, thatched with palm leaves, was surrounded by water, marsh, and forest, the breeding-place of myriads of croaking frogs and of clouds of mosquitoes; even to one in perfect health existence in such a place would have been a burden.

Green Mansions 2004

This old tower is a complete breeding-place for vagrant birds; the swallow and martlet abound in every chink and cranny, and circle about it the whole day long; while at night, when all other birds have gone to rest, the moping owl comes out of its lurking-place, and utters its boding cry from the battlements.

The Alhambra 2002

This old tower is a complete breeding-place for vagrant birds; the swallow and martlet abound in every chink and cranny, and circle about it the whole day long; while at night, when all other birds have gone to rest, the moping owl comes out of its lurking-place, and utters its boding cry from the battlements.

The Alhambra 2002

It seems that the pure and airy situation of this fortress has rendered it, like the castle of Macbeth, a prolific breeding-place for swallows and martlets, who sport about its towers in myriads, with the holiday glee of urchins just let loose from school.

The Alhambra 2002

It seems that the pure and airy situation of this fortress has rendered it, like the castle of Macbeth, a prolific breeding-place for swallows and martlets, who sport about its towers in myriads, with the holiday glee of urchins just let loose from school.

The Alhambra 2002

Empty cans should be well washed and buried, so that they will not prove a breeding-place for flies.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools Ontario. Ministry of Education

The Bowery, however, still maintains its individuality as a breeding-place of crime.

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