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dial-bird
[ad. Hindī dahiyāl or dahēl, the native name in Upper India.]
An Indian bird (Copsichus saularis), also called Magpie-robin; hence sometimes extended to the genus Copsichus.
1738E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds III. 17 These Birds were brought from Bengall in the year 1734, and are called by the Natives the Dial-Bird. 1812Smellie & Wood Buffon's Nat. Hist. XI. 261 The East India bird which the English that visit the coasts of Bengal term the Dial-bird. 1859Tennent Ceylon II. vii. vii. 254 The songster that first pours forth his salutation to the morning is the dial-bird. |