bobolink

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bobolink
    n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: {bobolink}, {ricebird},
         {reedbird}, {Dolichonyx oryzivorus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zool.)
   An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male
   is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
   {ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.
   [1913 Webster]

         The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.
                                                  Irving.
   [1913 Webster] Bobsled