Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ricebird"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Java \Ja"va\, n.
1. One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to
the Netherlands.
2. Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.
{Java cat} (Zo["o]l.), the musang.
{Java sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), a species of finch ({Padda
oryzivora}), native of Java, but very commonly kept as a
cage bird; -- called also {ricebird}, and {paddy bird}. In
the male the upper parts are glaucous gray, the head and
tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the cheeks
white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also
kept as a cage bird.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ricebird \Rice"bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The Java sparrow.
(b) The bobolink.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male
is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
{ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.
The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
Irving.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ricebird
n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: {bobolink}, {reedbird}, {Dolichonyx
oryzivorus}]
2: small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice
fields [syn: {Java sparrow}, {Java finch}, {Padda
oryzivora}]
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