| Summary: | whabby n In one of the lakelets in a flat barren was a pair of red-throated loons. The old birds were dressed alike, and wore a handsome livery, pure white below, relieved only by a broad strip of terra-cotta red on the throat. The upper parts are slate blue; the back of the neck is slashed with wavy lines of white. _Whabby_ is their name among the English-speaking people of the coast. It was used by Cartwright in the eighteenth century. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I whabby, wabby, wamby, waubbe, whobby
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