What kind of creature is a bobolink?
Bobolink "An Exile's Garden" (1910) with a reference to a bobolink. The bobolink is also mentioned in the film "The Mouse on the Moon" in connection with the fictional European microstate of Grand Fenwick, where oddly the bird is apparently common. The bobolink is also mentioned in the musical "Camelot". Words by Alan Jay Lerner. Bobolink The bobolink ("Dolichonyx oryzivorus") is a small New World blackbird and the only member of the genus Dolichonyx. The genus name "Dolichonyx" is from Ancient Greek "dolikhos", "long", and "onux", "claw". The specific "oryzivorus" is from Latin "oryza", "rice", and "vorare", "to devour"; an old
Boulton & Paul Bobolink Boulton & Paul Bobolink The Boulton & Paul P.3 Bobolink was a World War I British single-engined single-seat fighter aircraft. It was built by Boulton & Paul Ltd. The "Bobolink" was the first aeroplane designed by Boulton & Paul Limited of Norwich. The company was a manufacturer of wooden buildings but during World War I it, like many other companies, built aircraft under Ministry contracts. Aircraft built included the Sopwith 1½ Strutter and Sopwith Camel. The British Air Ministry requested proposals to replace the Sopwith Camel. Boulton & Paul designed and constructed the Bobolink and entered it in that competition.