Definition of Melospiza georgiana

1. Noun. North American finch of marshy area.

Exact synonyms: Swamp Sparrow
Generic synonyms: New World Sparrow
Group relationships: Genus Melospiza, Melospiza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melospiza Georgiana

Melnick-Needles syndrome
Melocactus
Melodie
Melody
Melogale
Meloidae
Melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Melolonthidae
Melony
Melophagus
Melophagus ovinus
Melopsittacus
Melopsittacus undulatus
Melospiza
Melospiza georgiana (current term)
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 georgiana

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

1. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"... of the United States and in the higher parts of the Rocky Mountains; south, in winter, to Guatemala. 584. Melospiza georgiana (LATH.). Swamp Sparrow. ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"The nests and eggs largely resemble those of Song Sparrows, the nests noted differing in the absence of hair in the lining. Melospiza georgiana. ..."

3. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway, Herbert Friedmann (1901)
"Melospiza georgiana (Latham). SWAMP SPARROW. Adults (sexes alike).—Forehead black, divided by a more or less distinct median line of grayish or whitish; ..."

4. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Similar to the preceding but darker and browner. Eggs probably like those of the last. 584. Swamp Sparrow. Melospiza georgiana. ..."

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