Definition of Melospiza

1. Noun. American song sparrow and swamp sparrow.

Exact synonyms: Genus Melospiza
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Melospiza Melodia, Song Sparrow, Melospiza Georgiana, Swamp Sparrow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melospiza

Mellon
Melnick-Needles syndrome
Melocactus
Melodie
Melody
Melogale
Meloidae
Melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Melolonthidae
Melony
Melophagus
Melophagus ovinus
Melopsittacus
Melopsittacus undulatus
Melospiza (current term)
Melospiza georgiana
Melospiza melodia
Melpomene
Melpomenean
Meltzer's law
Meltzer-Lyon test
Melungeon
Melungeons
Melursus
Melursus ursinus
Melvil Dewey
Melville Bell
Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey

Literary usage of Melospiza

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"Melospiza heermanni, part; Melospiza melodia heermanni, part,- Melospiza fasciata heermanni, part; Zonotrichia guttata. STATUS—Abundant resident along the ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"RANGE.— Monterey Bay, California, south to San Quintin Bay, Lower California, and east to Fort Tejon and San Bernardino. o. Melospiza melodia ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1907)
"AN EARLIER NAME FOR Melospiza LINCOLNII STRIATA. The bird described by Mr. William Brewster (Auk, 1889, p. 89) as Melospiza lincolnii striata seems to be a ..."

4. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1858)
"Melospiza (Melospiza) heermanni, Baird. Heermann's Song Sparrow. ... Melospiza (Melospiza) fallax, Baird. Rocky mountain region from Fort Thorn to the ..."

5. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Melospiza melodia rufina. Range.—Pacific coast from British Columbia to Alaska. ... Melospiza melodia caurina. Range.—Coast of Alaska from Cross Sound to ..."

6. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"Melospiza melodia gramínea. Resident on Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz Islands. ... Melospiza melodia pusil. lula. Resident in the San Francisco Bay region. ..."

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