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Definition of Gnatcatchers
1. gnatcatcher [n] - See also: gnatcatcher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnatcatchers
Literary usage of Gnatcatchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"... contains the gnatcatchers, of which one species is found in the eastern United
States and two species and one subspecies in the west. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"... gnatcatchers, ETC. KEY TO GENERA. 1. Tail graduated, marked with white
Polioptila, p. 465. I'. Tail emarginate, not marked with white .... Regulus, p. ..."
3. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"KINGLETS AND gnatcatchers. SUBFAMILY REGULIN.35. KINGLETS. THE KINGLETS.
Two representatives of this subfamily, the smallest of all our species except the ..."
4. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"... Kinglets and gnatcatchers. Size, small; length, less than 4.75 inches; wing,
less than 2.50 inches; first primary, very short. ..."
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