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1 Cuvier supposes that this is one of the fly-catchers; the "Muscicapa atricapilla" of Linnæus, which changes in appearance entirely after the breeding season.
2 The "black-head."
3 Cuvier thinks that this is the wall nightingale, the Motacilla phœnicurus of Linnæus, which is not seen in winter. On the other hand, the Motacilla rubecula of Linnæus, or red-throat, is only seen during the winter, and being like the other bird, may have been taken for it, and named "phœnicurus."
4 This is not the case. Aristotle only says that it builds its nest of human ordure; a story probably without any foundation, but still prevalent among the French peasantry.
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- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), DIOMEDEAE INSULAE
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- Lewis & Short, annŭus
- Lewis & Short, glōrĭōsus
- Lewis & Short, pŭdĭbundus
- Lewis & Short, trīmātus