Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The American goldfinch, Chrysomitris or Spinus tristis, or another thistle-finch (which see).
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Yes, and the yellow thistle-bird, whose nest was in the blooming lilac-bush, came and perched in the pear-tree and sang a little song about the dear little eggs in her cunning home.
A Little Book of Profitable Tales Eugene Field 1872
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