field sparrow

American  

noun

1. a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.

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Etymology

Origin of field sparrow

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

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field sparrow

I’ve gone whole winters without seeing a field sparrow in the New Orleans vicinity.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2012

The sharp chip! chip! is characteristic of the “chippy,” but the sweet, dripping song of the field sparrow is charming.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by William Beebe

In the song sparrow, field sparrow, chipping sparrow, and the fox sparrow the male and female are very nearly alike in color.

From The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker

From a tiny hawthorne bush, no higher than a collie's back, a field sparrow flies nervously to a low limb of a hickory tree and begs that her nest be not disturbed.

From Some Summer Days in Iowa by Frederick John Lazell

Then, as it grew dark, it grew silent,—except for the hylas,—till suddenly a field sparrow gave out his sweet strain once.

From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey