Corruption of AMADAVAT, q.v. [The latter is itself a corruption of Ahmadābād, name of a town in Goojerat. Col. Yule.]
[1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 116. In Amidavad small Birds, who … Fifty in a cage, make an admirable Chorus.]
1735. Albin, Nat. Hist. Birds, Supp. 72. Amaduvad.
1878. Besant & Rice, Celia’s Arb., I. iii. 34. Avvadavats, Japanese sparrows, lovebirds.
