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Definition of Summer redbird
1. Noun. Of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow.
Generic synonyms: Tanager
Group relationships: Genus Piranga, Piranga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Summer Redbird
Literary usage of Summer redbird
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 (1895)
"I have recently added another unexpected acquisition to my list of things new in
a fine male specimen of the summer redbird {Piranga rubra') which I secured ..."
2. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1889)
"The markings have a reddish tint while those of the summer redbird, ... The Summer
Redbird or Rose Tanager breeds nearly throughout its United States range. ..."
3. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1890)
"... L.) summer redbird, or Tanager. Cutting edge of upper mandible not toothed;
male bright rose red throughout; wings a little dusky; female dull brownish ..."
4. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1900)
"2.23: A female summer redbird came shyly and hurriedly ate several berries. ...
2.35: A female summer redbird, landing a berry stalk under her weight, ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"So much for the gay cardinal as a weather-prophet. The rare summer redbird—a
tanager—which also utters a whistling note, well described by the syllable ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"summer redbird. See TANAGER. SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH, a school for teachers
established at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the summer of 1902. ..."
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