Definition of Chipping sparrow

1. Noun. Small North American finch common in urban areas.

Exact synonyms: Spizella Passerina
Generic synonyms: New World Sparrow
Group relationships: Genus Spizella, Spizella

Definition of Chipping sparrow

1. Noun. A species of sparrow, ''Spizella passerina'', endemic to North America. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chipping Sparrow

chippable
chipped
chipped potato
chipped potatoes
chipper
chippered
chippering
chipperly
chipperness
chippers
chippie
chippier
chippies
chippiest
chipping
chipping sparrow (current term)
chipping sparrows
chipping squirrel
chipping squirrels
chippings
chips
chips with everything
chipset
chipsets
chipshot
chiptune
chiptunes
chipyard
chipyards

Literary usage of Chipping sparrow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"... of the Song Sparrow and the chipping sparrow as Early Birds.— Since writing my notes on the ' Morning Awakening ' printed in ' The Auk ' for April, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"On the fourth, the two young canaries and the chipping sparrow all left the nest, though the canaries resorted to it from time to time. ..."

3. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE chipping sparrow Teacher's Story j|HIS midget lives in our midst, and yet, not among all bird kind, is there one which so ignores us as does the chippy. ..."

4. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1841)
"The eggs of the chipping sparrow measure six-eighths in length by five-eighths ... chipping sparrow, Fringilla socialis, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. ii. p. 127. ..."

5. Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners by Florence Merriam Bailey (1898)
"... chipping sparrow: Spizella socialis. Top of head reddish brown; under parts plain gray; back brown streaked with black; bill black. ..."

6. The Coues Check List of North American Birds by Elliott Coues (1882)
"Clay-colored chipping sparrow. 263. J. h. ör-e'-gö-nus. To the Territory of the Oregon. The name is much in dispute; by some derived from the name of a ..."

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