grassfinch

British

/ ˈɡrɑːsˌfɪntʃ /

noun

any Australian weaverbird of the genus Poephila and related genera, many of which are brightly coloured and kept as cagebirds

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A western grassfinch flew over to some bushes with a morsel in its bill, but I could not discover its nest or young, search as I would.

From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

Even the trills of the grassfinch and the song-sparrow have points of similarity; does that prove that they borrow from each other, or that espousals sometimes occur between the two species?

From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

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