Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, or Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.
   (b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco.
   (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n.

1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

2. (Zo["o]l.) See Snowbird, 1.

3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, [ae]stivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)