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Peabody U.S.|ˈpiːbɒdɪ|
The name Peabody used absol. or attrib. in Peabody bird to designate the white-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, whose call is said to resemble ‘Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody’.
1865E. A. Samuels in Rep. Comm. Agric. 1864 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 422 White-throated Sparrow—Peabody Bird—Wheat Bird... This beautiful sparrow arrives in Massachusetts by the first week in April. 1903N.Y. Even. Post (Sat. Suppl.) 24 Oct. 1/1 That lovely bird, the white-throated sparrow, which under the name of ‘Peabody bird’ is well known in the North. 1917W. P. Eaton Green Trails 16 All day long in this pasture the Peabodies, or White-throated sparrows, sing their flutelike call. 1939R. T. Peterson Field Guide Birds East of Rockies 159 Song, several clear, pensive whistled notes, easily imitated. The White-throat is often called the ‘Peabody bird’ by New Englanders who fancy these whistled notes sound like Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody. 1940E. T. Seton Trail of Artist-Naturalist 224 The night singer of the Assiniboine, was neither more nor less than the white-throated sparrow, the Peabody bird of New England, the nightingale of the farther north. 1964A. Wetmore et al. Song & Garden Birds N. Amer. 369/2 The Peabody bird is in best voice in his summer home. |