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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1683
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(Mure-,) Moor-sparrow, n. (See quot.) — 1683 Garden in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 142.
In winter there is great abundance of the small bird called the snowfleck, it is supposed to be the moor sparrow or lintwhite having changed their colour a litle whiter in the winter
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