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The ventriloquial oriole (Oriolus consobrinus) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is found in Southeast Asia through Borneo and the Philippines...

"Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster" is a sketch story by Australian writer Henry Lawson. The sketch is one of many to include Jack Mitchell the swagman...

classic dummies used by ventriloquists (the technical name for which is ventriloquial figure) vary in size anywhere from twelve inches tall to human-size...

Eleutherodactylus dolomedes (common names: Hispaniolan ventriloquial frog, Hedge's [sic] robber frog, Hedges' robber frog) is a species of frog in the...

The males' calls, however, are powerful: ringing and metallic, with a ventriloquial quality, so loud as to be heard from a long distance in heavy scrub...

Orisha) visiting the earth on a purpose, the Eyo masquerade speaks in a ventriloquial voice, suggestive of its otherworldliness; and when greeted, it replies:...

Brains, a 1990 novel by Harry Harrison and Robert Sheckley "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster", an 1898 sketch story by Australian writer Henry Lawson "The...

day. The red-headed barbet's song has been described as "a resonant, ventriloquial, somewhat toad-like trill krrrrrrrrrrr" [1]. Some calls have been described...

non-speaker were a ventriloquist throwing his or her voice. Another ventriloquial allusion (probably quoting Arthur Worsley) was made when Eric said,...

oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus) Dark-throated oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus) Ventriloquial oriole (Oriolus consobrinus) Philippine oriole (Oriolus steerii) White-lored...

Farfel the Dog for ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson. Some members of the ventriloquial community maintain that Marshall carved Charlie McCarthy for the famous...

through Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka, Java and southwestern Borneo Ventriloquial oriole Oriolus consobrinus Borneo and the Philippines Philippine oriole...

"conversed" in a different voice with each one. In 1886 he presented a "Ventriloquial Parliament", with dolls caricaturing leading politicians of the time...

special included both ventriloquial singing with her four main puppets (Petunia, Oscar, Edna and Katie) and non-ventriloquial singing. Duets were performed...

of a Plain" "'Some Day'" "Shooting The Moon" "Our Pipes" "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster" "Enter Mitchell" "Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack" "Another...

upperparts. Its song is a repeated thin, melancholic whistling phrase, very ventriloquial (difficult to locate) and a nasal whistle given mainly at dawn and dusk...

Vivino's piano playing. One of Vivino's puppet sidekicks – actually a ventriloquial figure – was named Oogie. His on-air interaction with off-camera staff...

birds often turn their heads slowly from side to side, producing a ventriloquial effect. The male calls a fast, high-pitched kew-kew-kew when delivering...

that share generally green colouration with crimson caps or crowns, ventriloquial cooing or hooting, and a distinct texture of the breast feathers. Recent...

meticulously reconstructed model London with a T.S. Eliot doll at its centre, ventriloquially recognisable, albeit speaking in squeaks and stammers. There is also...