BOBOLINK [a name derived from its call], or rice-bird, a North American bird of the family Icteridae, known scientifically as Dolichonyx oryzivorus. It is a migrant, reaching New Bruns wick in summer and wintering in South America, which it reaches by a migration route through Jamaica. It is remarkable for its bunting-like bill. In the southern part of its range this bird feeds upon rice and grain and is consequently unpopular with the farmer. Farther north, however, it is an insect-eater, and the young, as is nearly always the case with small birds, are fed almost exclusively upon insects. The bobolink has a rippling song, which it generally sings while fluttering across a meadow.