black-throatn.

1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 194 The Black-Throat. Is of a Gold-finch size, part Gold colour, the rest pale green.

1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 399 (side-note) Black-throat [Warbler]... Inhabits, during summer, Canada and other parts of America, to the south.

1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 160 In its winter residence with us, the Black-throat prefers the edges of tall woods, in unfrequented mountainous localities.

1874 S. A. Myers tr. F. Martin Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 328 The Black-throat or Stonechat (motacilla rubicola) is brown, with a red breast [and a] black throat.

1876 E. T. Booth Catal. Cases Birds in Dyke Road Museum, Brighton 180 The Red-throated Diver..appears to be more plentiful where the country is flat..than in the hill lochs, which are the true home of its relative the Black Throat.

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xlii. 296 Wilson's warblers..pine creepers, black-throats..passed silently or noisily.

1972 J. Jones Memories Golden Gate, N. Queensland (rev. ed.) 8 The birds we trapped.., particularly the tiny beautiful creatures called as a group, painted finches, but the varieties were called ‘black Throats’, ‘double bars’, ‘zebras’, etc.