Allen, Phoebe · London : Adam and Charles Black · leaf 78
before the battle,brought word to his royal master that there weremen enough to kill, enough to run away, and enoughto make prisoners. Besides the birds already mentioned, the parrot,turkey, owl, chough, pheasant, woodcock, and severalothers occur in heraldry. Amongst winged insects, we find the… … considered an honourable charge, symbolizing loyalty tothe chief, thrift and industry.* The Burninghills bear three gadbees—horseflies—andthe Papillons, very properly, have three butterfliescharged on their shield (Fig. 46). In concluding this chapter let us explain the termaugmentation used above.…
Heraldry
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