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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BEARDIE, n.1 The Greater Whitethroat, Sylvia communis s. cinerea.Sc. 1885 Swainson Brit. Birds 23:
Beardie. Its light-coloured head and neck feathers stand out more thickly than is usual in other birds.Sc. 1994 Herald 27 Aug 28:
Ashy head, fawn-pink belly, ochre back and white outer tail feathers make the whitethroat easy to identify, quite apart from it eponymous field mark, which it often puffs out in display. Hence the old Scots name, Beardie, others being White Lintie and Blethering Tam, this last as much from its drinker's pose.
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