Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   An American singing bird ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male
   is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,
    ricebird,  reedbird, and  Boblincoln.
The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. 
--W.
                                                  Irving.