ipswich sparrow

ipswich sparrow
noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
Etymology: from Ipswich, town in northeastern Massachusetts where it was observed
: a sparrow (Passerculus princeps) similar to the Savannah sparrow but larger and paler that breeds on Sable island off the coast of Nova Scotia and migrates south along the Atlantic coast to Georgia

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