chipping-bird

Birds who scarcely sing, have a peculiar cry, heard much more clearly and frequently at this season than any other; – the twittering of the swallows, for instance, and the prolonged chirrup of the chipping-bird, so like that of the locust when heard from the trees.

Rural Hours 1887

The snowbird, or "black chipping-bird," as it is known among the farmers, is the finest architect of any of the ground-builders known to me.

In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879

Our familiar and ever-welcome snow-bird, known in some quarters as the black chipping-bird, and often called the black snow-bird, has a long trill, not altogether unlike the common chipper's, but in a much higher key.

Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877

Although nearly related to the orioles, which make such wonderful nests, the cow-birds make none at all, but lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, such as the blue-bird, chipping-bird, song-sparrow, yellow-bird, and some thrushes and fly-catchers.

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 Various 1868

A brown bird this one, darker than the song-sparrow, and without the latter's light stripes, and smaller, yet bigger than the queer little chipping-bird.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

A brown bird this one, darker than the song-sparrow, and without the latter's light stripes, and smaller, yet bigger than the queer little chipping-bird.

How Spring Came in New England Charles Dudley Warner 1864