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ˈsquacco Ornith.
Also 7–9 sguacco.
[Local Italian sguacco.]
A small crested species of heron, Ardea ralloides or comata.
α [a1672Willughby Ornith. (1676) 206 Ardea quam Sguacco vocant in Vallibus dictis Malalbergi. Hence in Ray's translation (1678) 281.] 1785Latham Gen. Synop. Birds III. i. 76 Castaneous Heron... It seems a mere variety of the Sguacco, if not differing in sex.
β1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 465 The yellowish Ardea, with the head and neck variegated with black, white, and yellow. [Marg.] The Squacco. 1785Latham Gen. Synop. Birds III. i. 74 Squacco Heron... Size of the blue Heron. 1834Mudie Feathered Tribes II. 148 The Squacco Heron..has been more frequently met with in England than any of the former [species]. 1879E. P. Wright Anim. Life 327 The Squacco Heron (A. comata) is found in Asia, North Africa, South Europe, and a rare straggler now and then visits England. |