MacGillivray's warblern.
/mə(k)ˌɡɪlᵻvriːz ˈwɔːblə/, /mə(k)ˌɡɪlᵻvreɪz ˈwɔːblə/, U.S. /məˌɡɪlᵻvˌreɪz ˈwɔrb(ə)lər/ A North American warbler, Oporornis tolmiei (family Parulidae), which has a grey head, white eye-ring, and yellow underparts and breeds in south-western Canada and the western United States.
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1839 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. V. 75 MacGillivray's Warbler. Sylvia macgillivrayi... Thinking that I cannot do better than dedicate this pretty little bird to my excellent friend William MacGillivray, Esq., I feel much pleasure in introducing it to the notice of the ornithological world, under a name which I trust will endure as long as the species itself.
1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 158/1 W. Leon Dawson, the Ohio ornithologist, insists that Macgillivray's Warbler should be called ‘Tolmie's Warbler’... The bird was discovered (in 1839) by the American ornithologist Townsend, who named it in honor of Dr. W. T. Tolmie, a friend of his... But when Townsend died, his collection came into the possession of John James Audubon, who proceeded to give this Warbler the name of Macgillivray.
1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 20 June 5/2 Macgillivray's warbler, Oporornis tolmiei, an olive-yellow bird with a slate-gray hood.
1983 N. Amer. Bird Bander 8 56 (heading) Identifying mourning & MacGillivray's warblers: geographic variation in the MacGillivray's warbler as a source of error.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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