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| A bird can roost but on one branch. A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river. Chinese. | 1 |
| A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. | 2 |
| A bird may be caught with a snare that will not be shot. Danish. | 3 |
| A bird may be ever so small yet it always seeks a nest of its own. Danish. | 4 |
| A little bird wants but a little nest. | 5 |
| A rare bird upon the earth, something like a black swan. | 6 |
| A sly bird is often caught by two feet. Modern Greek. | 7 |
| According to his pinions the bird flies. Danish. | 8 |
| An old bird is not caught with chaff. | 9 |
| Bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground. Dutch. | 10 |
| Birds of prey do not flock together. Portuguese. | 11 |
| Birds of prey do not sing. German. | 12 |
| Birds pay equal honors to all men. | 13 |
| Each bird loves to hear himself sing. | 14 |
| Early birds pick up the crumbs (worms). | 15 |
| Every bird is known by its feathers. | 16 |
| Every bird likes its own nest best. | 17 |
| Every bird must hatch its own eggs. | 18 |
| Every bird needs its own feathers. Danish. | 19 |
| Every bird sings as it is beaked. Dutch. | 20 |
| Every hooked beak is maintained by prey. French. | 21 |
| Every shot does not bring down a bird. Dutch. | 22 |
| Fine birds are commonly plucked. | 23 |
| Fine feathers make fine birds. | 24 |
| He that will take the bird must not scare it. | 25 |
| He will ill catch a flying bird that cannot keep his own in a cage. | 26 |
| However high a bird may soar, it seeks its food on earth. Danish. | 27 |
| If every bird take back its own feathers, you’ll be naked. | 28 |
If the partridge had the woodcock’s thigh,
It would be the best bird that ever did fly. | 29 |
| If you be false to both beasts and birds, you must like the bat fly only at night. | 30 |
| If you can’t get the bird, get one of its feathers. Danish. | 31 |
| Ill fares the young bird in the urchin’s hand. Portuguese. | 32 |
| It is a dirty bird that fouls her own nest. | 33 |
| It is a foolish bird that stays the laying salt upon her tail. | 34 |
| It is a lazy bird that will not build its own nest. Danish. | 35 |
| It is hard to catch birds with an empty hand. German. | 36 |
| It is rash to sell the bird on the bough. | 37 |
| Let no shovel beaked bird ever enter your yard. Spanish. | 38 |
| Little bird, little nest. Spanish. | 39 |
| Little by little the bird builds its nest. French. | 40 |
| Old birds are hard to pluck. German. | 41 |
| Old birds are not caught with cats. Dutch. | 42 |
| Old birds are not caught with chaff. | 43 |
| Old birds are not caught with new nets. | 44 |
| One beats the bush, another catches the bird. German, Dutch. | 45 |
| Small birds must have meat. | 46 |
| The bird feels not its wing heavy. Turkish. | 47 |
| The bird once out of hand is hard to recover. Danish. | 48 |
| The bird that can sing and won’t sing must be made sing. | 49 |
| The bird that offers itself to the net is fair game to the fowler. Oriental. | 50 |
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| The first bird gets the first grain. Danish. | 51 |
| The fowler’s pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught. | 52 |
| The nest made, the bird dead. Portuguese. | 53 |
| The nest of a blind bird is made by God. Turkish. | 54 |
| The noisy fowler catches no bird. | 55 |
| Though the bird may fly over your head let it not make its nest in your hair. Danish. | 56 |
| Two birds of prey do not keep company with each other. Spanish. | 57 |
| When the cage is ready the bird is flown. | 58 |
| Where the bird was hatched it haunts. Dutch. | 59 |
| You cannot catch old birds with chaff. | 60 |
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