prairie warbler

noun

an eastern North American wood warbler, Dendroica discolor, olive-green above, yellow below, and striped with black on the face and sides.

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

The song of an individual prairie warbler makes only a slight impression.

The flight of the Prairie Warbler is neither strong nor protracted.

Like the prairie warbler, it chooses high dry places with dry ground underneath for its nest.

One day she found the nest of a prairie warbler, that little jewel-casket lined with fern-wool.

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