Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9175
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9175
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**MANGO-BIRD**, s. The popular Anglo-Indian name of the beautiful golden oriole (*Oriolus aureus*, Jerdon). Its “loud mellow whistle” from the mango-groves and other gardens, which it affects, is associated in Upper India with the invasion of the hot weather.