bobolink's

There was a slight lull in the clatter, and the blithe sound caused several heads to turn toward the quarter whence it came, for it was as unexpected and pleasant a sound as a bobolink's song in a cage of shrill-voiced canaries.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various

If it is as near as our next-door meadow, shall we not find a full measure of happiness there -- mixed with the bobolink's music of June?

Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim

Is it cheery, like the robin's, or tuneful, like the thrush's, or rollicking and rapturous, like the bobolink's, or a Romanza, like the catbird's?

Bird Day; How to prepare for it Charles Almanzo Babcock

During this aerial performance he hovers gracefully, bending his wings downward, after the bobolink's manner, as if he were caressing the earth beneath him.

Birds of the Rockies 1896

His voice was not anywhere near the right pitch for a bobolink's song, but that made no difference.

The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

You will find the bobolink's nest in a hay-field or down among the red clover.

On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888

Theodora so much that she declared she would never search for a bobolink's nest again.

When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine 1887

Subdued, yet clear, with each note as true and liquid as a bobolink's, his whistle tinkled about the dim, cold mountains of brick like drops of rain falling into a hidden pool.

Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886

His note is rasping and harsh, in point of melody, when compared with the bobolink's.

Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

The notes of the phoebe-bird, the purple finch, the swallow, the yellowbird, the kingbird, the robin, and others, are rendered with perfect distinctness and accuracy, but not a word of the bobolink's, though the lark must have heard its song every day for four successive summers.

Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879