DCHP-1 Online
spring bird 
the song sparrow, Melospiza melodia.
- 1749 Upon the Eighth, there came several large Flocks of what they call Spring-Birds, as they always come in the Beginning of that Season.
- 1832 The birds most generally known in America [include] . . . red-hooded winter bird . . . musquito hawk . . . yellow bird, spring-bird . . . spotted godwait, or yellow-legs. . . .
- 1959 Song Sparrow [is also called] spring bird (N.B.).
- 1749 Upon the Eighth, there came several large Flocks of what they call Spring-Birds, as they always come in the Beginning of that Season.