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rock-pipit
[rock n.1]
The rock-lark or shore-lark (Anthus obscurus).
1831Rennie Montagu's Ornith. Dict. 427 Rock pipit... This species appears to have remained long either unnoticed, or confounded with others, by the early ornithologists. 1871Newton Yarrell's Brit. Birds I. 588 The Rock-Pipit is a constant inhabitant of nearly all the shores of the United Kingdom. 1896Dixon Brit. Sea Birds 269 The Rock Pipit..is an olive-brown little bird. |
