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pettichaps|ˈpɛtɪtʃæps|
Also 7–9 pettychaps; 9 dial. pettichap.
[f. petty a. + ? chap n.2 or n.3 Locally used in Yorkshire and Lancashire: a specimen of the bird was sent from Sheffield to Willughby c 1670, under this name, which thus entered into ornithological nomenclature; but app. never in general Eng. use, and still chiefly a book-name.]
A name of the Garden Warbler (Sylvia hortensis). Also applied to other species of warblers, as lesser pettichaps, the chiff-chaff (Phylloscopus rufus); dial. the long-tailed titmouse (rare).
1674Ray Collect. Words, Eng. Birds 86 Pettichaps: Ficedula Septima Aldrov. 1678― Willughby's Ornith. 206 Mr. Jessop shot this bird in Yorkshire, and sent it us by the name of Pettychaps. 1785Phil. Trans. LXXV. 10 The male and female..are both larger than the Pettychaps described by Willoughby. 1829Knapp Jrnl. Nat. 211 The quantities of cherries and raspberries that the blackcap and pettichaps will eat are surprising. 1833Selby in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. 20 The greater pettichaps (Curruca hortensis) and wood-wren..are considerably later. 1843H. Doubleday in Zoologist I. 13 In the spring of 1841 the redstart..lesser pettychaps and garden warbler were very numerous. 1851T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore of Northants., Pettichap, the long-tailed titmouse. |