snow-bunting
[f. snow n.1]
A fringilline bird, Plectrophanes nivalis, widely distributed in Arctic regions.
| 1771 Forster Catal. Anim. N. Amer. 11 Snow-bunting. Emberiza Nivalis. 1783 Latham Gen. Synop. Birds II. i. 161 Snow Bunting. Size of the Chaffinch. 1811 A. Wilson Amer. Ornith. III. 39 The Snow Bunting derives a considerable part of its food from the seeds of certain aquatic plants. 1843 Yarrell Brit. Birds I. 426 The Snow Bunting may be generally considered as only a winter visitor to this country. 1872 Coues N. Amer. Birds 29 Titmice, redpoll linnets, snow buntings and other northern Fringillidæ. |