Whistling \Whis"tling\, a. & n. from Whistle, v.

Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.

Whistling coot (Zo["o]l.), the American black scoter.

Whistling Dick. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) An Australian shrike thrush (Colluricincla Selbii).
   (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

Whistling duck. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The golden-eye.
   (b) A tree duck.

Whistling eagle (Zo["o]l.), a small Australian eagle (Haliastur sphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle.

Whistling plover. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The golden plover.
   (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.

Whistling snipe (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock.

Whistling swan. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also wild swan, and elk.
   (b) An American swan (Olor columbianus). See under Swan.

Whistling teal (Zo["o]l.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of India.

Whistling thrush. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus Myiophonus, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle.
   (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See Float.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They are prized as game birds.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.

Note: Among the more important species are the blackbellied, or blackbreasted, plover (Charadrius squatarola) of America and Europe; -- called also gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, sea plover, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under Golden); the ring or ringed plover ([AE]gialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The piping plover ([AE]gialitis meloda); Wilson's plover ([AE]. Wilsonia); the mountain plover ([AE]. montana); and the semipalmated plover ([AE]. semipalmata), are all small American species.

Bastard plover (Zo["o]l.), the lapwing.

Long-legged, or yellow-legged, plover. See Tattler.

Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]

Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]

Whistling plover.
   (a) The golden plover.
   (b) The black-bellied plover.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)