reed-bird

The most notable example of this is the bobolink, which in northern wheat fields is loved no less for his merry song than for the thousands of weed seeds and insects he destroys; while in the South he is known as the reed-bird or rice-bird, the most dreaded of all foes to the rice crop.

Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Mary Huston Gregory

We are visited by a sort of woodcock in July and August; we have also a kind of grouse, plover, dove, and wild pigeon, snipe, wild fowl, and a wonderful variety of small birds; among which, the _reed-bird_

Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. William Priest

At this time of my distress, no carts hove in sight, but I knew a grocer with a noble soul, — one Mark Downey — to whom I made a personal appeal, and he promised to send me, daily, everything he could gather, from a roasting pig to a reed-bird.

My day : reminiscences of a long life, 1909

In my water excursions, the sedgy shores of the Delaware, as well as the reedy cover of Petty's, League and Mud Islands, were pervaded and explored in pursuit of ducks, reed-bird and rail.

Camps and Firesides of the Revolution 1902

Wilson's thrush; chewink, 32; fly-catcher; bluebird; oven-bird; cat-bird; phoebe, 40; bobolink; "reed-bird," 53; humming, 227.

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

In the fall of the year the reed-bird, which is quite as good as the ortolan of Italy, and very much like it (I prefer the reed-bird), came in large flocks to the marshes and shores of the

Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

The plant itself was the famous wild rice (_Zizania aquatica_), so much prized by the Indians as an article of food, and also the favourite of many wild birds, especially the reed-bird or rice-bunting.

The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

The plant itself was the famous wild rice so much prized by the Indians as an article of food, and also the favourite of many wild birds especially the reed-bird or rice-bunting.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

But the juicy, fine-flavoured flesh of the canvas-back is esteemed by all classes of people; and epicures prize it above that of all other winged creatures, with the exception, perhaps, of the reed-bird or rice-hunting, and the prairie-hen.

The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850

Whereever he goes, pop! pop! pop! the rusty firelocks of the country are cracking on every side; he sees his companions falling by the thousands around him; he is the _reed-bird_, the much-sought-for tit-bit of the Pennsylvanian epicure.

Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies Washington Irving 1821