Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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HAYII. Zool. Specif. name of a Mirafra, an Indian lark (1844 T. C. Jerdon in Madras Jnl. XIII. 136).
[After Lord Arthur Hay (1824–78), of Yester, 9th Marquis of Tweeddale, soldier and naturalist in India.]