Lexic.us

Definition of Myrtle bird

1. Noun. Similar to Audubon's warbler.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myrtle Bird

Literary usage of Myrtle bird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1861)
"myrtle bird, or Yellow-Crowned Warbler—Yellow Red-Poll Warbler— Blick and Yellow Warbler—Summer Yellow Bird, or Yellow Warbler—Blackburnian Warbler. ..."

2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"This genus is well-represented by the myrtle bird of America. S. coronata, the Yellow-Crowned Warbler, or Myrtle-Bird. ..."

3. Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1913)
"Thoreau, as his Journal shows, for a long time attributed it to the myrtle-bird (now commonly called the myrtle warbler), and it is probable that Mr. ..."

4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"He agrees with Kneeland in thinking that what I call the myrtle-bird's is the white-throat sparrow's note. Bryant killed one Down East in summer of '56. ..."

5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"2 [The word "chickadee" is crossed out and "myrtle-bird" substituted, which latter is in turn crossed out and replaced by "white- throat sparrow. ..."

6. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1861)
"myrtle bird, or Yellow-Crowned Warbler—Yellow Red-Poll Warbler— Blick and Yellow Warbler—Summer Yellow Bird, or Yellow Warbler—Blackburnian Warbler. ..."

7. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"This genus is well-represented by the myrtle bird of America. S. coronata, the Yellow-Crowned Warbler, or Myrtle-Bird. ..."

8. Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1913)
"Thoreau, as his Journal shows, for a long time attributed it to the myrtle-bird (now commonly called the myrtle warbler), and it is probable that Mr. ..."

9. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"He agrees with Kneeland in thinking that what I call the myrtle-bird's is the white-throat sparrow's note. Bryant killed one Down East in summer of '56. ..."

10. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"2 [The word "chickadee" is crossed out and "myrtle-bird" substituted, which latter is in turn crossed out and replaced by "white- throat sparrow. ..."

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