lark bunting

noun

a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Here we first saw and heard that captivating bird, the lark bunting, as will be fully set forth in the closing chapter.

The bird to which I refer is called the lark bunting in plain English, or, in scientific terms, Calamospiza melanocorys.

This is the snow-lark-bunting of Macgillivray, and a species of the genus Plectrophanes.

The Lark Bunting is an uncommon winter visitant in Coahuila.

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