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‖ fauvette|fovɛt|
[F. fauvette, f. fauve fallow.]
The name given by French writers to a family of Warblers, and adopted by Bewick.
1797T. Bewick Brit. Birds I. 209 The Fauvette. Pettichaps (Motacilla hippolais, Lin., La Fauvette, Buff.). Ibid. 212 The lesser Fauvette. Passerine Warbler. Ibid. 213 The Winter Fauvette. Hedge Warbler. Ibid. 216 This disposition..is common to all the Fauvettes. 1802G. Montagu Ornith. Dict., Fauvette (Sylvia hortensis, Bechstein). 1839Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 345 Sylvia Hortensis, the Garden Warbler..Fauvette..Garden Fauvet. |