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Definition of Dumetella
1. Noun. Catbirds.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Mimidae, Mimidae
Member holonyms: Catbird, Dumetella Carolinensis, Gray Catbird, Grey Catbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumetella
Literary usage of Dumetella
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 (1920)
"Dumetella SDW versus Lucar Bartram 1791 and Zimmermann 1793. (Cf. Mathews, 'The
Auk,' XXXI, No. 1, Jan., 1914, pp. 88-91; Richmond, Proc. US Nat. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1909)
"Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus). Catbird. Common summer resident. The average
date of arrival is May 5, the earliest, April 27, 1908. ..."
3. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"Dumetella carolinensis (Linn.). CATBIRD. Ads.—Crown and tail black; under
tail-coverts chestnut, sometimes spotted with slaty, and rarely largely slaty; ..."