cow-bunting

It contained three eggs of the bird's own, and one of the cow-bunting.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

Nor is the cow-bunting often seen with us; and as all these birds are more or less gregarious, they soon attract attention wherever they appear.

Rural Hours 1887

Not so the oven-bird, or the other birds that walk, as the cow-bunting, or the quail, or the crow.

Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879

Every boy who lives in the country knows the cow-bird, cow-blackbird, or cow-bunting, for it is called by all these names.

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

I wonder if she has had the experience of rearing a cow-bunting? "

Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879