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Definition of Spizella pusilla
1. Noun. Common North American finch of brushy pasturelands.
Generic synonyms: New World Sparrow
Group relationships: Genus Spizella, Spizella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spizella Pusilla
Literary usage of Spizella pusilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"Spizella pusilla BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 33. [B358, C 179, R214, C 271.]
GEOG. DIST.— Eastern United States and southern Canada, west to the Plains ..."
2. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Spizella pusilla pusilla (Wils.). (563) Synonyms: Field Chippy, Bush Sparrow,
Ground-bird, ... Spizella pusilla, Bonap., 1838, and most recent authors. ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Spizella pusilla . Spizella p. arenacea î-45 Tamis. Culmen. 2-35 •65 •33 2.70
2.90 •r- •34 Texan and Mississippi Valley specimens of the Field Sparrow have ..."
4. Birds of the Kansas City Region by Harry Harris (1919)
"SPIZELLA. PUSILLA PUSILLA (Wilson). Field Sparrow. ... They are very common about
Swope Park. Spizella pusilla ..."
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