dunnock

There is a further twist in the sexual politics of the dunnock.

A similar strategy has been observed in the Dunnock, a small bird.

Her daughter said that Miss Dunnock died of old age.

The male's song is high and twittering like a Dunnock.

Dunnock reprised her Salesman role in the 1951 film version.

The best known case occurs in one of Europe's most nondescript little birds, the dunnock.

The dunnock, or hedge sparrow, lives on a territory during the breeding season.

The inconspicuous dunnock has the most variable mating system of any known bird.

The dunnock is an exception since it prefers to be solitary except when feeding.

Dunnock was a school teacher who did not start acting until she was in her early thirties.

The role in the movie, however, went to the much older, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock.

This bird, about the size of a dunnock, will have travelled at least 5,000km to get here.

A dunnock plays host to a young cuckoo.

The dunnock has a most unusual pre-copulatory display.

So, if you find that after a year you still can't tell a sparrow from a dunnock, it will not matter.

It's song may sometimes be confused for the Dunnock, which has warble that is shorter and weaker.

In the case of the Dunnock, there is no resemblance, yet the Cuckoo eggs are accepted.

In 1947, Dunnock became a founding member of the Actors Studio.

The song is described as a warble about 4 seconds long, liquid and loud, comparable to that of a Dunnock.

The name "dunnock" comes from the Ancient British *dunnākos, meaning "little brown one".

Mildred Dunnock was born in Baltimore Jan. 25, 1901, her daughter said.

This bird's general appearance and terrestrial feeding habits give the impression of a Dunnock with a bunting's bill.

Whatever the case, the dunnock seems tolerant of colour variation in its eggs, so perhaps the cuckoo has no particular need to mimic them.

The range of mating systems shown by the dunnock probably reflects the differences in the interests of males and females.

A contrast to this is the Dunnock, which appears to be a recent Cuckoo host, since it does not show any egg discrimination.