单词 | chippy sparrow |
释义 | > as lemmaschippy sparrow Originally more fully chippy bird, chippy sparrow. The chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Spizella > spizella passerina (chipping sparrow) chipping bird1791 chipping sparrow1810 chip-bird1824 chip sparrow1843 chippy1856 1856 New Jersey Farmer Sept. 4/1 Allow the robin, the blue-bird, the chippy bird, the cat bird, the black-bird, the woodpecker, the high hole, &c., the greatest liberty upon your farms and in your orchards. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 295 I obtained there also eight nests of the Redstart..and two of the Chippy (Spizella socialis). 1896 Auk 13 263 He spied a nest of Chippy Sparrows..with young ones. 1909 Missouri Bot. Garden 20th Ann. Rep. 62 Nowadays when we hear city people speak of a Chippy, we do not know whether the real Chippy is meant or the English House Sparrow. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie iii. 94 In the hollow of a rotten rail a little chippy bird always built a hair nest. 1958 Winnipeg Tribune 12 July 21/3 The chippy is not renowned as a songster, but its clear trill, lasting several seconds, is preferable to the monotonous ‘jib-job’ notes of the house sparrow. 2005 B. Thompson et al. Identify Yourself 331 When these birds aren't singing, however, it is possible that a birder might mistake a ‘chippy’ for another species. < as lemmas |
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