| SPARROW | The name of this bird refers to any of a number of small, chiefly seed-eating birds that have conical bills. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 2, scene 4), Hal says, "He that rides at high speed and with the p |
| GECKO | Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids. |
| BUNTINGS | Finch-like seed-eating birds with short, stout bills (8) |
| VALKYRIE | In Norse mythology, this term refers to any of a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of a place in Valhalla. |
| EAGLE | This bird's name refers to any of numerous large, heavy-beaked, big-footed birds of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae. One species is a symbol of the United States. In Titus AndronicusHenry IV |
| FINCH | This bird's name embraces several hundred species of small conical-billed, seed-eating songbirds. Some birds that are considered a type of this bird include canaries, cardinals, goldfinches, and sparr |
| FLAMINGO | This bird's name refers to any of six species of tall, pink wading birds with thick downturned bills. They have slender legs, long, graceful necks, large wings, and short tails. Flocks numbering in th |
| PIGEON | This bird's name refers to any of several hundred species constituting the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). One species is a particularly adroit navigator and has been used to carry messages. |
| WREN | This bird's name may refer to any of approximately 85 species of small, chunky, brownish birds; one of those species is Troglodytes troglodytes. In Macbeth (act 4, scene 2), Lady MacDuff says, "...for |
| PIXEL | Any of a number of small elements that make up a picture on a visual display unit |
| FOWL | A word originally used to refer to any bird, later a more specific gallinacean of the poultry kind, such as a chicken, duck, goose, partridge, pheasant or turkey (4) |
| LORDSHIP | A title used to address or refer to any British peer other than a duke, extended to a bishop or a judge (8) |
| SISKIN | Name, evocative of a female sibling, of a dainty lemony-lime "thistle finch", fond of seed eating, birch pecking and alder cone nibbling (6) |
| IBIS | This bird was a symbol of the deity Thoth in ancient Egypt, and it is often depicted in ancient Egyptian art. Mummified bodies of this bird have discovered; one tomb housed 500,000. |
| DUCK | Eiderdown, the down feathers of the common eider -- which is a type of this bird -- are used in some quilts and pillows. In Pericles (act 3, prologue) is the following reference: "...the grisly north |
| EWOK | In the Star Wars film series, one of a number of small creatures who live on the moon of Endor (4) |
| KNAVE | Meaning "boy", another word for a jack in cards due to the aforesaid name originally being used to refer to any ordinary man (5) |
| DOWN | Word used to refer to any one of a crossword's clues whose solutions run vertically in the grid (4) |
| ACONITE | Term that refers to any of several different usually toxic plants |
| TOMTIT | Popular name for any of a number of small songbirds (6) |
