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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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TEETICK, n. Also teeteck (Sh. 1861 Zoologist XIX. 7340), teetik (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.), teetuck, tietick (Sh. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 45–6), titek (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)), titock (Ork. 1877 Sc. Naturalist (Jan.) 9). A pipit, esp. the meadow-pipit, Anthus pratensis (Sh. 1809 A. Edmondston Zetland II. 236; Ork. 1877 Sc. Naturalist (Jan.) 9; Sh. 1972); also the rock pipit, Anthus obscurus (Sh. 1861 Zoologist XIX. 7340). See also Teetin. [′titək]Sh. 1992 Bobby Tulloch A Guide to Shetland's Breeding Birds 66:
MEADOW PIPIT
(Anthus pratensis)
Shet: Hill Sparrow or Teetick