| 1H4 V.i.60 | [Worcester to King Henry] you used us so / As that ungentle gull the cuckoo's bird / Useth the sparrow |
| 3H6 II.i.91 | [Richard to Edward, of York] if thou be that princely eagle's bird, / Show thy descent by gazing 'gainst the sun |
| Tit II.iii.154 | [Lavinia to Chiron] Some say that ravens foster forlorn children / The whilst their own birds famish in their nests |