Reedbird

noun

2. The bobolink, <em>Dclichonyx oryzivorus</em>: so called in the late summer and early fall months, when the male has exchanged his black-and-buff dress for a plain yellowish streaked plumage like that of the female, and when it throngs the marshes in great flocks, becomes very fat, and is highly esteemed for the table.
3. A reed-warbler.
4. The bobolink.
5. One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Schœnicola and Eurycercus; -- called also <altname>reed babbler</altname>.