field sparrow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of field sparrow
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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I’ve gone whole winters without seeing a field sparrow in the New Orleans vicinity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2012
A little field sparrow came to a tragical end in a different way.
From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
He varies his tune freely, but always within a pretty narrow compass; as is true, also, of the field sparrow, with whom, as I soon came to feel, he has not a little in common.
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford
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 Beebe, William
In the meadows the bobolink is in all his glory; in the high pastures the field sparrow sings his breezy vesper-hymn; and the woods are unfolding to the music of the thrushes.
From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John
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