white-throated sparrow

[ hwahyt-throh-tid, wahyt- ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of white-throated sparrow¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

There was nothing to break the silence except the thin clear whistle of the white-throated sparrow far back in the woods.

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These are the chickadee, the white-throated sparrow, and the hermit-thrush.

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Killooleet, the white-throated sparrow, saw it, and his clear morning song tinkled out of the dark underbrush.

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Around timber-line in summer one may hear the happy song of the white-throated sparrow.

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When he failed to hear it, he stopped and again whistled the notes of the white-throated sparrow.

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