Applied to the following birds : (i) the common gull, Lams canus ; (2) the nightingale ; (3) the Ray's wag- tail, Motacilla flava ; (4) the siskin, Chrysomitris spinus ; (5) the wryneck, Jynx torquill
Applied to the following birds : (i) the common gull, Lams canus ; (2) the nightingale ; (3) the Ray's wag- tail, Motacilla flava ; (4) the siskin, Chrysomitris spinus ; (5) the wryneck, Jynx torquilla.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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