burion (burion)

[Origin uncertain; perhaps a corruption of Sp. (Mex.) gorrion, a sparrow.] A name of the house-finch, Carpodacus frontal is, an abundant and familiar fringilline bird of the southwestern United States, almost domesticated in the towns. It resembles the common purple finch, C. purpure us, but is smaller, with a stouter bill and more vivid crimson-red markings, which are restricted to definite areas on the head, back, and breast. IMG:content-2765.png:[blocks in formation] He told me to burl out the beer, as he was in a hurry, and I burled out a gla and gave it to him. London Times, Law Reports.