Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1895 — Language Oddities. [ARTICLE]

Language Oddities.

It Is correct to say a "covey of partridges,” but beyond that it is difficult not to err. A “congregation of plovsr,” a murmuratlon of starlings," a "wisp of snipe," and a ”nid of pheasants” are all equally sound English descriptions, but few men use them.