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Definition of Genus 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 Genus Spizella
Literary usage of Genus Spizella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Genus SPIZELLA. Spizella monticola. Tree-Sparrow. Resident. Abundant. Though feeding
principally on seeds, they%not unfrequently prey upon small insects. ..."
2. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"genus Spizella. BONAP. 424 (559) SPIZELLA MONTICOLA. (GMEL.) Tree Sparrow.
Eastern North America; from Arctic Ocean to the Carolinas; breeds north of United ..."
3. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"... the garden, or the yard, wherever the winds or the housewife's broom have left
the ground uncovered with snow. 82. genus Spizella, (Bon., 1838.) 1. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The genus Spizella, which differs from the last in its smaller size and longer
forked tail, contains three well-known northern species and as many more ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1886)
"Proc. USN Mus. VIII, P-354 ('885). Recorded from the Bahamas and Cuba. GENUS Spizella
BONAP. Spizella BONAPARTE, Geog. & Comp. List, p. 33 (1838). ..."
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