lincoln's sparrow

lincoln's sparrow
noun also lincoln's finch
Usage: usually capitalized L
Etymology: after Thomas Lincoln died 1883 friend of Audubon (who named it)
: a small No. American sparrow (Melospiza lincolni) similar to the song sparrow but having a buff band on the breast

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a North American sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, having a buff breast with black streaks.
[1825-35, Amer.; named (by Audubon) after Thomas Lincoln (d. 1883)]

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Lincoln's sparrow,
a striped sparrow of Canada and the northern United States, similar to the song sparrow, living in boggy, brushy areas.
[< Thomas Lincoln, 1812-1883, an American farmer and friend of Audubon]

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