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white bird
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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an Arctic sparrow, Plectrophenax nivalis.
See: snow bunting
Quotations
1760
The best musician of all the Canadian groves, is a sort of ortolan, the plumage of which is of an ash-colour on the back and white on the belly, whence it is called the white-bird. . . .
1959
Snow Bunting [is also called] white bird ("Labr.") . . . Oiseau blanc (White bird. Que.). . . .
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a widely distributed ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus albus.
See: willow ptarmigan
Quotations
1939
The "white birds" . . . as the Indians call them, were seen at each thicket of willows. . . .
1959
Willow Ptarmigan [is also called] white bird (Ont., "N. W.T."). . . .