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red-throated, a. Ornith.
Having a red throat.
1743G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. i. 38 Red-throated Huming Bird. 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 365 The red-throated Parrot; this is an extreamely beautiful species; it is of the size of a large pigeon. 1781Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 97 Red-throated Falcon... Inhabits Cayenne, and other parts of South America. 1809Shaw Zool. Lect. I. v. 187 One of the most common, as well as one of the most beautiful of all the Humming-birds is the Trochilus Colubris or red-throated Humming-bird. 1896Morris & Tegetmeier Nests Brit. Birds I. 152 The only claim of the Red-throated Pipit to be considered as a British bird [etc.].
b. esp. red-throated diver, † ducker, or loon (see quots. and diver 2 a).
1747G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. ii. 97 Red-throated Ducker or Loon. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. II. 415 The Red throated Diver. 1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 253 The Red-throated Loon..[is] still smaller and much commoner. 1843Yarrell Brit. Birds III. 337 The Red-throated Diver is the smallest species of the genus, as well as the most common. 1893Newton Dict. Birds 152 The common species of Colymbus is C. septentrionalis, known as the Red-throated Diver from an elongated patch of dark bay colour which distinguishes the throat of the adult in summer-dress. |