Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BELLRINGER, n. “British Long-tailed titmouse” (Kcb. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 32).Kcb.1 1934:
Mr Gladstone of Capenoch (Dumfriesshire), the bird authority of the south-west, gives Bellringer as a local name for the long-tailed titmouse.
