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Think of days of those scarlet-breasted, blue-winged birds above you.
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A scarlet-breasted robin was hopping in short spaces upon the grass before her.
Jennie Gerhardt 2004
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A scarlet-breasted troupial of La Plata perches conspicuously on a tall plant in afield, and at intervals soars up vertically, singing, and, at the highest ascending point, flight and song end in a kind of aerial somersault and vocal flourish at the same moment.
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"A quetzal!" shouted my uncle excitedly, for it was a scarlet-breasted bird, with back and wing, coverts of a glorious golden-green.
Through Forest and Stream The Quest of the Quetzal George Manville Fenn 1870
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