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_Plectrophanes_, two or three species of _Sylvia_, one _Phylloscopus_, and the _Motacilla_ must be added.
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In certain localities in the south of England the cirl-bunting (_E. cirlus_) is also a resident; and in winter vast flocks of the snow-bunting (_Plectrophanes nivalis_), at once recognizable by its pointed wings and elongated hind-claws, resort to our shores and open grounds.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The Snow Bunting (_Plectrophanes nivalis_), a white bird more or less varied with black.
Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes Elias L��nnrot 1843
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(_Plectrophanes nivalis_), greater spotted woodpecker (_Picus major_), black tern (_Hydrochelidon nigra_), great northern diver (_Colymbus glacialis_), herring-gull (_Larus argentatus_), cormorant
Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901
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