snowbank (snobangk)

A bank or drift of IMG:content-1422.jpg:[graphic] snow. The whitene of sea sands may simulate the tint of old snowbanks . The Atlantic, LXVI. 597. snowberry (snō'beri), n.; pl. snowberries (-iz). 1. A shrub of the genus Symphoricarpus , chiefly S. racemosus, native northward in North America. It is commonly cultivated for its ornamental, but not edible, white berries, which are ripe in autumn. The flowers are not showy, and the habit is not neat. 2. A low erect or trailing rubiaceous shrub, Chiococca racemosa , of tropical and subtropical America, entering Florida. - Creeping snowberry, an ericaceous plant, Chiogenes serpyllifolia , of northern North America. It is a slender creeping and trailing scarcely woody evergreen, with thyme-like leaves and small bright-white berries. It has the aromatic flavor of the American wintergreen. snowbird (snō'bėrd), n. they present uncounted varieties of very beautiful fig- ures. The whitene of snow is due primarily to the large number of reflecting surfaces arising from the minutene of the crystals. When sufficient pre ure is applied, the slightly adhering crystals are brought into some way with snow. A bird a ociated in Specifically-(a) The snow snowbird finch. (b) The snow-bunting. (c) The popular name in the United States of all the species of the genus Junco; any junco. They are small fringilline birds of a certain type of form and pattern of coloration, breeding in alpine regions and northerly localities, Snow bird (Junco hiemal is). flocking in winter and then becoming familiar, whence the name. The common snowbird of the United States is J. hiemal is, about 6 inches long, dark slate-gray, with white belly, two or three white feathers on each side of the tail, and the bill white or pinkish-white. It inhabits North America at large, breeding in the northern United States and British America, and in mountains as far south as Georgia and Arizona. It has a sweet song in the summer, in winter only a chirp. It nests on the ground and lays speckled eggs. In many parts of the United States it appears with the first cold weather in October, and is seen until the following April, in flocks. There are numerous other species or varieties, some reaching even Central America. See Junco. (d) The fieldfare, Turdus pilar is. See cut under fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.] snow-blind (snō'blind), a. Affected with snow blindne . (snō'blind"nes), blindne inner light from the snow, and consequent exhaustion of the retina. snow-blink (snōblingk), п. The peculiar reflection that arises from fields of ice or snow: same as ice - blink. Also called snow - light.