Definition of Pine siskin

1. Noun. Small finch of North American coniferous forests.

Exact synonyms: Pine Finch, Spinus Pinus
Generic synonyms: Finch
Group relationships: Genus Spinus, Spinus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pine Siskin

pine green
pine grosbeak
pine hyacinth
pine knot
pine leaf aphid
pine lily
pine lizard
pine marten
pine martens
pine mouse
pine needle
pine nut
pine nuts
pine oil
pine sawyer
pine siskin (current term)
pine snake
pine spittlebug
pine tar
pine terpene
pine tree
pine trees
pine vole
pine weevil
pine woods snake
pineal
pineal body
pineal cells
pineal cyst
pineal eye

Literary usage of Pine siskin

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 (1917)
"Spinus pinus pine siskin.— On April 13, 1915, in the early morning, while walking up the ravine of a small creek which flows into the Don River, ..."

2. Stories from Birdland by Annie Chase (1896)
"THE pine siskin. There is a bird making a nest in the pine tree this first day of October. It is the pine siskin. He will stay all winter. Hark! ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1922)
"Consulting Goss's ''History of the Birds of Kansas," I soon came to the conclusion that the bird must be the pine siskin. But Goss in his book says: "Winter ..."

4. The Birds of Ohio: A Complete Scientific and Popular Description of the 320 by William Leon Dawson, Lynds Jones (1903)
"pine siskin. AOU No. 533. Spinus pinus (Wils.). Synonyms. ... THE pine siskin is one of those happy-go-lucky mortals (he is mortal, is he not? ..."

5. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"pine siskin: Spinus pinus. FAMILY—FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. ANOTHER small member of the Finch Family is the pine siskin, a bird which in many ways resembles ..."

6. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1921)
"pine siskin The pine siskin or Pine Finch is a boreal L^ln* h"s" species which ... The call note of the pine siskin is identical with that of the Goldfinch ..."

7. Guide to the Systematic Use of the North American Bird and Nature Study: A by Harold Brough Shinn, Gerard Alan Abbott (1912)
"pine siskin. Spinna pinus. 5 in. The pine siskin, or Pine Finch, is with us merely as a winter visitant. It occurs throughout the continent, breeding mostly ..."

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