white-throated sparrow

[ hwahyt-throh-tid, wahyt- ]

noun

a common North American finch, Zonotrichia albicollis, having a white patch on the throat and a black and white striped crown.

Origin of white-throated sparrow

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

There was nothing to break the silence except the thin clear whistle of the white-throated sparrow far back in the woods.
Little Rivers | Henry van Dyke
These are the chickadee, the white-throated sparrow, and the hermit-thrush.
Birds and all Nature, Vol. VI, No. 4, November 1899 | Various
Killooleet, the white-throated sparrow, saw it, and his clear morning song tinkled out of the dark underbrush.
Wilderness Ways | William J Long
Around timber-line in summer one may hear the happy song of the white-throated sparrow.
Wild Life on the Rockies | Enos A. Mills
When he failed to hear it, he stopped and again whistled the notes of the white-throated sparrow.
Running Fox | Elmer Russell Gregor

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