Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the rump (or upper tail-coverts in some cases) yellow, as various birds. (See yellowrump.) The yellow-rumped seed-eater is a certain finch, Crithagra chrysopyga.
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Examples
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I invited along my friend Roy, who, as it happens, has a pretty good eye for wild hazelnuts, edible mushrooms, and yellow-rumped warblers (not edible).
Susie Middleton: Where the Wild Things Grow: The Zen of Foraging
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Mainly what I saw besides Canada geese was plenty of yellow-rumped warblers and dark-eyed juncos.
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On Sunday, mainly what I saw besides Canada geese was plenty of yellow-rumped warblers and dark-eyed juncos.
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In the trees opposite the salt pannes, some yellow-rumped warblers, palm warblers, and common yellowthroats flit around manically.
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Or a hybrid of one of those two species with something else, like a yellow-rumped warbler.
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Cardinals, rufus-sided towhees and yellow-rumped warblers.
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Migrating American robins and cedar waxwings fatten themselves on cherries, while tree swallows and yellow-rumped warblers head for the bayberries, an important winter food.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States
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These April days we are sure to see flocks of myrtle, or yellow-rumped warblers, and yellow palm warblers in their olive-green coats and chestnut caps.
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Rushing to its rescue in the canoe, I found a yellow-rumped warbler, quite exhausted, clinging to a twig that hung down into the water.
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs
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In a low bottom, among some red cedars, I saw robins and several hermit thrushes, besides the yellow-rumped warbler.
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