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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BLACK MARTIN, n. “The swift” (Slg. 1866 Zoologist (Ser. 2) I. 70), where it is misprinted as bleak; (Sc. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 96). Cypselus apus.
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