She was the good birdie feeding his mouth.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
She performed splendidly, and her rich contralto voice possessed many fine qualities; but our birdie swept far above her, and soared away upon an ocean of harmonies that seemed born of heaven.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens
What is this that the birdie says?
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson