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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CULBERT, n. “The eider duck, Somateria mollissima” (Bwk. 1895 G. Muirhead Birds of Bwksh. II. 123).
[The eider duck was known in Nhb. as (St) Cuthbert's duck (cf. Cuddoo). Fif.1 1935 gives Culbert as a form of the proper name Cuthbert.]
