sugar-bird

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Any bird of the family Cœrebidæ, as the Bahaman honey-creeper. Certhiola bahamensis: so called from its habit of sucking the sweets of flowers. See cut under Cœrebinæ.
2. n. A honey-eater or honey-sucker; one of various tenuirostral birds of the Old World which suck the sweets of flowers. See Nectariniidæ, Meliphagidæ.
3. n. A translation of the Indian name of the American evening grosbeak or hawfinch, Coccothraustes or Hesperiphona vespertina, which is specially fond of maple sugar.