Louisiana tanager
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Louisiana tanager
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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In a Pasture 207 Louisiana tanager Piranga ludoviciana.
From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne
A Louisiana tanager in his coat of many colors stopped one day, and another time, when looking up for dull green vireos, my eye was startled by a flaming golden oriole.
From A-Birding on a Bronco by Merriam, Florence A.
On looking it up in Ridgway the stranger proved to be the Louisiana tanager, a high mountain bird.
From A-Birding on a Bronco by Merriam, Florence A.
I saw a Louisiana tanager; the pinyon jays were everywhere; ravens, true birds of the wilderness, croaked hoarsely.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore
Bullock's oriole and the Louisiana tanager are here also, with many warblers and other little mountain troubadours, most of them now busy about their nests.
From My First Summer in the Sierra by Muir, John
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