Wilson's thrush
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Wilson's thrush
1830–40, Wilson's storm petrel
Example Sentences
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Wilson's thrush comes every year to remind me of that most poetic of ornithologists.
From Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Martin, Benj. N.
Wilson's thrush comes every year to remind me of that most poetic or ornithologists.
From My Garden Acquaintance by Lowell, James Russell
The first time I saw the veery, or Wilson's thrush, also stands out in my memory.
From My Boyhood by Burroughs, John
Indeed, I had stated in print on two occasions that the wood-thrush was not found in the higher lands of the Catskills, but that the hermit-thrush and the veery, or Wilson’s thrush, were common.
From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John
Wilson's thrush, 113. woodpecker, 175. wood-pewee, 71. yellow-bellied woodpecker, 135, 209.
From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne
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