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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1903
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†POTTERTON HEN, n.comb. Also Pottertown-. The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus (Abd. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 209). See quot.ne.Sc. 1903 G. Sim Fauna “Dee” 184:
Pottertown hen, black-headed Gull. Abundant, and breeds in many of our inland lochs. For long it bred in numbers upon the estate of Pottertown [near Aberdeen], hence the above local name.
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