† shirley1Obs. [The family name of Earl Ferrers, to whom a specimen described by G. Edwards (Glean. Nat.Hist., 1764, iii. 276) belonged.] A South American tanager. 1796Nemnich Polygl. Lex., Eng. 891/1 Shirley, Tanagra.1828–32Webster (citing ‘Dict.’). Hence in many later Dicts.