yellowbird (yeloberd)

One of several different birds of a yellow or golden color. (a) In Great Britain, the golden oriole, Oriolus galbula. Mon tagu. See first cut under oriole. (b) In the United States, the summer warbler, or summer yellowbird, Dendræca æstiva, a small deutirostral insectivorous bird of the family Mniotiltidæ, of a bright-yellow color, obscured on the back, the male streaked on the under parts with reddish. It is one of the most abundant and familiar birds of the country, inhabiting nearly the entire continent in summer, and much of Central America in winter. See cut under warbler. (c) In the United States, the American goldfinch or thistle-bird, Chrysomitris, Astragal in us, or Spinus trist is, a conirostral granivorous bird of the family Fringillidæ. The male in summer is clear-yellow, with black on the head, wings, and tail; in winter the yellow is exchanged for pale flaxen-brown. It is very abundant in the eastern United States and Canada. See cut under goldfinch. ving becific in