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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCREMERSTON CROW, n.comb. The hooded crow, Corvus cornix (Rxb. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 86). Also in Nhb. dial.

[From the large numbers which frequent the seashore at Scremerston in Northumberland.]

Scremerston Crow n. comb.

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