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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Pion A Bullfinch; also, a young birdling, or neast-bird.

1747 W. Mason Musæus 12 Like as in villag'd troop of birdlings trim, Where Chanticleer his red crest high doth hold, [etc.].

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vi. 250 Little naked feet drawn up the way Of nestled birdlings.

1921 Poets of Future 80 Warm nights in June When birdlings chirp beneath a full low moon.

2008 R. J. Navarro in E. B. Maranan & L. S. Maranan-Goldstein Taste of Home 126/1 I learned to catch birds in their nests. In retrospect, it was a cruel procedure because sometimes the birdlings died along with the mother.