Bird names

[johntywino]

One over the eight? (5 letters).....Been asking about this one for five or six weeks...It's got to be in on 13/2/09 or there's a �million missed!!! Any help? (will take cash).

[novalis]

The only thing I can suggest - and it is very tenuous to say the least - is c-o-c-k-s ( spaced out because it will be censured otherwise ) because it sounds like cox, i.e. the person in charge of a rowing eight.

[MrsMoore]

The only bird I can think of is Robin. Have you got any letters in?

[johntywino]

Hiya both.....It's just 50 clues to 50 bird names. eg."What a happy dog does" (7) (Wagtail) "There is only one in a pyrus" (9) Partridge "One over the eight" (5) It couldn't really be c-o-c-k-s, as that's not a proper birds name,and I've already got Robin ("The fish caught his blood") as in who killed c-o-c-k robin.....Now that I've explained it proper, you are SURE to get the bird !. John

[juleejules]

I don't know the answer but there is a play "One over the eight" (Peter Cook and Sheila Hancock among the original cast) that has a sketch called Bird watching - but I don't know anything about the play at all.

[millder]

vireo is an anagram of 1 over but I can't see where the eight comes in.
Millder

[shades1109]

How about Raven as talking nonsense because he's one over the eight as in drunk?

[johntywino]

Thank you all, but Raven is so obscure that it must be the one! I shall go for it and post the real answer towards the end of Feb..