yellow-hammer

Marty was quite sure he saw a yellow-hammer on the boughs of the great ash, and while he was peeping, he missed the sight of a white-throated stoat, which had run across the path and was described with much fervour by the junior Tommy.

Adam Bede 2004

He could see no birds except a yellow-hammer that sat on the topmost spray of a bush and sang: 'Little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese', over and over again in a most maddening manner.

Five Go Off In A Caravan Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1951

Her attention centered finally on a yellow-hammer, which was industriously boring the trunk of a dead chestnut.

Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

In the British Islands by far the commonest species of bunting is the yellow-hammer (_E. citrinella_), but the true bunting (or corn-bunting, or bunting-lark, as it is called in some districts) is a very well-known bird, while the reed-bunting (_E. schoeniclus_) frequents marshy soils almost to the exclusion of the two former.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

I felt sorry for the yellow-hammer Alabamians, they looked so hacked, and answered back never a word.

"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins

Amongst these are the polar hare and fox, the ermine, the campagnol, often even the wolf and reindeer, besides the owl, yellow-hammer, and some other birds.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

Towards the yellow-hammer, or yellow-yite -- bird of beautiful plumage though it be -- because it is the subject of an unaccountable superstitious notion, which credits it with drinking a drop of the devil's blood every May morning, the children of Scotland cherish no inconsiderable contempt, which finds expression in the rhyme: --

Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Robert Ford

Birds sang a little, and a yellow-hammer cried out for a little bit of bread and no cheese.

The Mountain of Adventure Blyton, Enid 1949

The birds, which had stopped singing and calling, began to chirp again, and a yellow-hammer gave his familiar cry.

The Mountain of Adventure Blyton, Enid 1949

At least the two boys did - Diana didn't do much seeking for birds and flowers - she 'mooned along-, as the boys called it, enjoying the smells, the sounds and the sights of the countryside - the smell of the meadowsweet, the blue of the chicory, the queer little trill of the yellow-hammer, and the blue flash of the kingfisher as he flew past them, crying 'tee-tee-tee!

The Rockingdown Mystery Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1949