field-sparrow

"You consider, doubtless, that a field-sparrow is not a creature of much importance; but do you know that he consumes half a bushel of corn annually?"

Willis the Pilot Paul Adrien

A field-sparrow came hopping through the grass in search of insects, and the little bee pressed herself close to the ground and kept very quiet until the bird had gone.

The Adventures of Maya the Bee Waldemar Bonsels 1919

Among the finches one of the most musical and plaintive songs is that of the bush-sparrow -- I do not know why the books call it field-sparrow, for it does not dwell in the open fields like the vesperfinch, the savannah-sparrow, and grasshopper-sparrow, but among the cedars and bayberry bushes and young locusts in the same places where the prairie warbler is found.

An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

Among the finches one of the most musical and plaintive songs is that of the bush-sparrow—I do not know why the books call it field-sparrow, for it does not dwell in the open fields like the vesperfinch, the savannah-sparrow, and grasshopper-sparrow, but among the cedars and bayberry bushes and young locusts in the same places where the prairie warbler is found.

IX. Outdoors and Indoors 1913

No cowbirds have been seen since the first week of the month, save the young one on the stump, which the field-sparrow was feeding this morning.

Some Summer Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905

Into a nest found a month ago, at the foot of a yarrow stalk, the cowbird had sneaked three speckled eggs, leaving only one of the pretty eggs of the field-sparrow.

Some Summer Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905

Among the finches one of the most musical and plaintive songs is that of the bush-sparrow -- I do not know why the books call it field-sparrow, for it does not dwell in the open fields like the vesperfinch, the savannah-sparrow, and grasshopper-sparrow, but among the cedars and bayberry bushes and young locusts in the same places where the prairie warbler is found.

Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888

I listened to the delightsome song of the field-sparrow.

Little Brothers of the Air Olive Thorne Miller 1874

The following are among its most frequent dupes, given somewhat in the order of the bird's apparent choice: song-sparrow, field-sparrow, yellow warbler, chipping-sparrow, other sparrows,

My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

I was not only nearer to some of those which commonly frequent the garden and the orchard, but to those wilder and more thrilling songsters of the forest which never, or rarely, serenade a villager, -- the wood-thrush, the veery, the scarlet tanager, the field-sparrow, the whippoorwill, and many others.

Walden, or Life in the woods 1854