| She was a rara avis in terris and excited any amount of appreciatory and depreciatory comment. |
| Heller is both a poet and critic, that well-plumed rara avis who flies effortlessly between poetry and criticism and adroitly links their dual legacies. |
| From the first, even among artistic geniuses, Picasso was clearly the white blackbird, the rara avis. |
| Now this Mrs. Fitzsnob is not a rara avis, but is frequently met with. |
| He is that rara avis, the politician who writes his own books. |
| A swagman who has important private business with me is a rara avis. |
