[STANDARD sb. 8.]

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  1.  A species of Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) discovered by Wallace in the island of Batchian.

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1869.  Gould, Birds Austral., Suppl. Pl. 52. Semioptera wallacei, G. R. Gray. Standard-wing.

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1894–5.  Lydekker, Roy. Nat. Hist., III. 338. The standard-wing … is characterised by … the presence of two long projecting feathers from each wing. Ibid. (1895), IV. 43. Standard-winged Nightjar.

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  2.  attrib. or adj. = STANDARD-WINGED.

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1872.  J. H. Gurney, Andersson’s Birds Damara Land, 45. Cosmetornis vexillarius (Gould). Standard-wing Goatsucker.

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1903.  W. L. Sclater, Stark’s Birds S. Africa, III. 42. Cosmetornis vexillarius. Standard-wing Nightjar.

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