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Definition of Spizella
1. Noun. Chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Chipping Sparrow, Spizella Passerina, Field Sparrow, Spizella Pusilla, Spizella Arborea, Tree Sparrow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spizella
Literary usage of Spizella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"HAB. Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, south in
winter to Middle and Western Mexico. 561. spizella pallida (SWAINS.). ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"Breeds from Iowa and Nebraska northward. 562. spizella breweri CASH, Brewer's
Sparrow. spizella breweri CASS. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. Feb. 1856, 40. ..."
3. "Forest and Stream" Bird Notes: An Index and Summary of All the by Harry B. Bailey (1881)
"spizella socialis. Chipping Sparrow, v., 22, 340—Usually raise two' broods in a
season near Trenton, NJ—Chas. С. Abbott, vi., 7, 99, 1 —Numerous at Trenton, ..."
4. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"... but easily overlooked when in company with other sparrows, such as spizella
monticola along the edge of woods in March, or Savanna Sparrows, ..."
5. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"... transient visitant in Missouri, but easily overlooked when in company with
other sparrows, such as spizella monticola along the edge of woods in March, ..."
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