reed-sparrow

Moorhens, coots and dabchicks are abundant; the reed-sparrow is heard only in a few districts.

Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901

Only a solitary cracked-voiced reed-sparrow greeted her from the bushes by the river, in a sad, machine-made tone, resembling that of a past friend whose friendship she had outworn.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles 1891

Only a solitary cracked-voice reed-sparrow greeted her from the bushes by the river, in a sad, machine-made tone, resembling that of a past friend whose friendship she had outworn.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884

The kingfisher did not come -- no doubt he had been shot -- but a reed-sparrow did, in velvet black cap and dainty brown, pottering about the willow near me.

The Open Air Richard Jefferies 1867

Nothing at present is safe, not so much as a reed-sparrow, not even the martins that hover over the stormy reaches.

The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies 1867

Upon the willow trees which border it, a reed-sparrow or blackheaded bunting may often be observed.

Nature Near London Richard Jefferies 1867

The reed-sparrow or bunting sits upon the spray over the ditch with its carex grass and rushes; he is a graceful bird, with a crown of glossy black.

Round About a Great Estate Richard Jefferies 1867

By the brook, and we found the reed-sparrow deep-nested, in brown --

Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Jean Ingelow 1858

Less _Passer May, on to reed-sparrow. arundinaceus beginning of July. minor_.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

Was your reed-sparrow, which you kept in a cage, the thick-billed reed-sparrow of the Zoology, p. 320; or was it the less reed-sparrow of

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756