Java sparrow

English

A Java sparrow in Hawaii

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Java sparrow (plural Java sparrows)

  1. Any member of the species Padda oryzivora of finches, native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird.
    • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 133:
      Still there was a cheerful appearance; a capital fire burnt in the bright grate; there were some stands of thriving plants in the windows; and some canaries and Java sparrows chirped as if they were quite content to be "hereditary bondsmen.

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