† sheldenn.
Obsolete.
The golden-eye, Clangula glaucion.
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cur1621
goldeneye1622
shelden1674
whistling duck1699
four-eyes1755
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1674 Dent in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 21 Some Water Fowl, viz. a Pocker, a Smew, three Sheldins.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 28 This was sent us from Cambridge by the title of Shelden, I suppose so denominated from its being particoloured of black and white, that is Sheld.
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