But now all hope of recovering him alive is lost, and it is reserved for the excavator of the future to marvel over the fossil bones of the "swopping, swopping mallard."
"Oxford"
Lang, Andrew
The fox of the Far North is a famous excavator, and his underground home which shelters and protects him from the extreme cold is most spacious.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
The day Aunt Ailsa really laughed was when Greg rigged himself up as an excavator.
"Us and the Bottleman"
Edith Ballinger Price