fauvetten.
/fəʊˈvɛt/ The name given by French writers to a family of Warblers, and adopted by Bewick.
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warbler1773
fauvette1797
peggy1836
sylviad1867
Pallas's warbler1881
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 209 (heading) The Fauvette. Pettichaps. (Motacilla hippolais, Lin. — La Fauvette, Buff.).
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 212 (heading) The Lesser Fauvette. Passerine Warbler.
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 213 (heading) The Winter Fauvette. Hedge Warbler.
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 216 This disposition..is common to all the Fauvettes.
1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Fauvette (Sylvia hortensis, Bechstein).
1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 345 Sylvia Hortensis, the Garden Warbler..Fauvette..Garden Fauvet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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