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Blackˈburnian, a. U.S.
[f. the name of Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, fl. 18th c.]
Blackburnian warbler, a North American warbler (Dendroica blackburniæ). Also ellipt. as n.
1783Latham Gen. Syn. Birds II. ii. 461 Blackburnian Warbler. 1868Amer. Naturalist II. 179 The Blackburnian Warbler (D. Blackburniae) is one of the most beautiful. 1893B. Torrey Footpath-Way 6 We..soon were in the old forest listening to bay-breasted warblers, Blackburnians, black-polls, and so on. Ibid. 16 A Blackburnian warbler perched as usual, at the very top of a tall spruce. 1936T. S. Eliot Coll. Poems 1909–35 152 Leave to chance The Blackburnian warbler, the shy one. 1947Harper's Mag. May 480/1 The orange flittings of a Blackburnian in the treetops. |