Lincoln's sparrow

American  

noun

1. a North American sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, having a buff breast with black streaks.

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Etymology

Origin of Lincoln's sparrow

1825–35, named (by Audubon) after Thomas Lincoln (died 1883)

Example Sentences

In the coming years, birds like Cooper’s Hawk, Wilson’s Snipe, and Lincoln’s Sparrow will be stripped of their eponyms and given new common English names.

From Slate

Scharf made a discovery on May 7, 2015 - Ixodes brunneus, a species of tick typically found in the southern United States, inside the ear of a Lincoln’s sparrow.

From Washington Times

One Sunday after church he took me to a field where he had recently seen and heard Lincoln's sparrow.

From Project Gutenberg

Lincoln's Sparrow seems to be a fairly common migrant or winter visitant in Coahuila; M. l. lincolnii is the common subspecies.

From Project Gutenberg

During the forenoon the following birds were observed: A family of juvenile Arkansas flycatchers, which were being fed by their parents; a half-dozen or more western grassfinches, trilling the same pensive tunes as their eastern half-brothers; a small, long-tailed sparrow, which I could not identify at the time, but which I now feel certain was Lincoln's sparrow; these, with a large marsh-harrier and a colony of cliff-swallows, completed my bird catalogue at this place.

From Project Gutenberg