It was the first time the bird had spoken since leaving Seattle.

Nor did the bird speak again in my mind.

It appeared that the unfortunate bird could speak nothing but Mexican!

He'd heard a lifeless bird speak aloud with a woman's voice to the zubir.

Consequently, the four wise birds speak to Jaimini in chapters 4-44.

Tas had been certain that the bird had spoken, pleading for help.

You felt that a bird would speak in these tones if it could speak English.

I thought we did, but those birds we met back there spoke a couple of later words.

These birds were larger, but like the messengers, spoke in human voices, with sense to their speech.

Then he remembered the background he had been given: some birds here were intelligent, and did speak the human tongue.