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Definition of Field sparrow
1. Noun. Common North American finch of brushy pasturelands.
Generic synonyms: New World Sparrow
Group relationships: Genus Spizella, Spizella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Sparrow
Literary usage of Field sparrow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"Spizella socialis. CHIPPING SPARROWS. — In the pine regions of Mississippi it is
about equally abundant with the field sparrow (S. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"The nest and eggs I brought to the house, keeping them warm, and placed the four
field sparrow's eggs under a hen canary which was sitting, ..."
3. Masterpieces of Murder: An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader by Edmund Lester Pearson, Gerald Gross (1876)
"... the flowers ar spangling the meadows with the varied colors of the kaleidoscope,
w greeted by the sweet, clear and fervent notes of the field sparrow, ..."
4. Bird-life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds by Frank Michler Chapman (1897)
"field sparrow. Length, 570 inches. Upper parts bright reddish brown and black ;
under parts grayish whit* ; bill reddish brown. ..."
5. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1904)
"Purple Finch, Evening Grosbeak, Goldfinch, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow,
White-throated Sparrow, field sparrow, Song Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, ..."
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