Longspur

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Longspur \Long"spur`\, n. [So called from the length of the hind
     claw.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus
     {Calcarius} (or {Plectrophanes}), and allied genera. The
     Lapland longspur ({Calcarius Lapponicus}), the
     chestnut-colored longspur ({Calcarius ornatus}), and other


     species, inhabit the United States.
     [1913 Webster]