Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 244
that people call snowbirds. Theyare a little larger than the English sparrow and havewhite breasts. They are not very wild, but let you getquite near them, and then run very fast. Are they adistinct bird in themselves, or a bird that stays here allthe year, but whose plumage changes in winter ?… … 173 The term snowbird is applied to a vari-ety of birds associated with the snow. I have•heard the young folks, after pelting others withsnow, say jokingly : You re pretty-looking snowbirds ! So you see there s almost nolimit to the application of the word snowbird.Perhaps the snowbird—that is, the…
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