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ˈsong-sparrow
[song n.]
A common North American song-bird of the genus Melospiza, esp. M. fasciata (or melodia) and cinerea.
1810A. Wilson Amer. Ornith. II. 126 The Song Sparrow builds in the ground, under a tuft of grass. 1860Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 7 The song-sparrow is the chief performer in this early concert. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 139 The Eastern song sparrow is simply one variety of a bird distributed from Atlantic to Pacific. 1898Atlantic Monthly LXXXII. 496/1 A song-sparrow singing from a dense swampy thicket. |