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ˈtree ˌsparrow
Name for two distinct birds: a. Passer montanus, a species of sparrow, widely distributed in Europe and Asia, and found locally in Britain. b. Spizella monticola, a bird (not of the sparrow family) common in N. America.
1770Pennant Zool. IV. 17 Tree Sparrow. Mountain Sparrow. Common near Lincoln,..conversant among trees, but does not frequent houses. 1831A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 252 Fringilla Arborea. Tree sparrow. The tree sparrow is six inches and a half long, and nine and a half in extent. 1889Science-Gossip (U.S.) XXV. 145 As I neared a clump of cedars..a host of tree sparrows fluttered about me... These lively birds come to us from Canada in October and stay until April. 1897Times 5 Jan. 5/4 The tree sparrow..is, in these islands, an exceedingly local..bird. |