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woodchat|ˈwʊdtʃæt|
[First found in a posthumous work of Ray's (see first quot.), where it appears to be for *wood-cat, a literal rendering of G. waldkatze (Naumann) or waldkater (Brehm): thus not connected with chat n.2]
A species of shrike, Lanius rutilus (rufus, or auriculatus), a rare summer visitor to England; also called woodchat-shrike.
a1705Ray Synops. Meth. Av. (1713) 19 The lesser Ash-coloured Butcher-bird with a white Spot on each Shoulder: The Wood-chat. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. V. 136 The wood⁓chat resembles the [red backed butcher-bird] except in the colour of the back, which is brown and not red as in the other. 1781Latham Syn. Birds I. i. 169 Wood chat shrike. La Pie-griesche rousse. 1862Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. II. 376 The Woodchat Shrike has occasionally but very rarely been found in England. 1894Newton Dict. Birds 845 The Woodchat,..with a bright bay crown and nape, and the rest of its plumage black, grey and white. |