Lexic.us

Definition of Grassfinch

1. Noun. Usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds.

Literary usage of Grassfinch

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

1. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1857)
"The hum of insects is no longer heard among its branches, but the voices of the grassfinch and the summer yellow bird that delight to nestle in its spray, ..."

2. Birds of the Rockies by Leander Sylvester Keyser (1902)
"A western grassfinch flew over to some bushes with a morsel in its bill, but I could not disc-over its nest or young, search as I would. ..."

3. Birds of the Rockies by Leander Sylvester Keyser (1902)
"A western grassfinch flew over to some bushes with a morsel in its bill, but I could not discover its nest or young, search as I would. ..."

4. Studies in the Field & Forest by Wilson Flagg (1857)
"... though even after this time, the sweet notes of the grassfinch, (the bush-sparrow,) are occasionally poured out from some station in the open fields. ..."

5. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"grassfinch. Ground Sparrow. Geog. Dist.—Eastern United States and more southern British provinces; breeding from Virginia and northern Missouri northward. ..."

6. Bird Neighbors: An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"... gramineus) Finch family Called also: BAY-WINGED BUNTING; grassfinch; GRASS- BIRD Length—5.75 to 6.25 inches. A little smaller than the English sparrow. ..."

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