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| Jard A small scavenger bird that flies in large flocks. A flock can strip the meat from a tabuk in seconds. Found near Lydius. *"Most of the animals we leave for the larts and sleen, and the jards." The jard is a small scavenger. It flies in large flocks. A flock, like flies, can strip the meat from a tabuk in minutes. "Even the jards die, gorged with meat," said the man near us on the platform. ~Beasts of Gor, page 149~ Lit, Common *A bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area. In the second level, that of the canopies, is found an incredible variety of birds, warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common lit, the fruit tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more. ~Explorers of Gor, page 311~ Lit, Crested A brightly plumaged bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area. *In the second level, that of the canopies, is found an incredible variety of birds, warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common lit, the fruit tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more. ~ Explorers of Gor, page 311~ Lit, Needle-Tailed *A bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area. In the level of the emergents there live primarily birds, in particular parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits. ~ Book 13, page 311~ Mindar A short-winged yellow and red bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi. It has a sharp bill that it uses to drill into the bark of flower trees for larvae and grubs. *Kisu pointed overhead. "See the mindar," he said. We looked up and saw a brightly plumaged, short-winged, sharp-billed bird. It was yellow and red. "That is a forest bird," said Kisu. The mindar is adapted for short, rapid flights, almost spurts, its wings beating in sudden flurries, hurrying it from branch to branch, for camouflage in flower trees, and for drilling the bark of such trees for larvae and grubs. ~Explorers of Gor, page 282~ Parrot A bird found in the emergent level of the rainforest some varieties are also found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest. *In the level of the emergents there live primarily birds, in particular parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits. ~Explorers of Gor, page 311~ Tarn *Crested hawk-like bird large enough to be saddled and flown, it is used in battle and in racing and is bred for swiftness and aggressiveness. In Gorean, these birds are sometimes spoken of as Brothers of the Wind. The plumage of tarns is various,the most common tarn, however, is greenish brown. Disregarding the disproportion in size, the Earth bird which the tarn most closely resembles is the hawk, with the exception that it bas a crest somewhat of the nature of a jay's. For more information on the Tarn click here ~Tarnsman of Gor, pages 51 - 53~ Tibit A small, thin-legged bird that lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa. *I heard the cry of sea birds, broad-winged gulls and the small, stick-legged tibits, pecking in the sand for tiny mollusks. ~Hunters of Gor, page 247~ Tufted Fisher *A water bird that inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi. Along the river, of course, many other species of birds may be found, such as jungle gants, tufted fishers and ring-necked and yellow-legged waders. ~Explorers of Gor, page 311~ Tumit Large flightless bird about the size of an ostrich having a long hooked beak; carnivorous. *I saw one of the tumits, a large, flightless bid whose hooked beak, as long as my forearm, attested only too clearly to its gustatory habits. ~Nomads of Gor, page 2~ |