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"... was similarly implausible. He demonstrated his ability to accurately transcribe a barely-legible original manuscript of Orwell’s dystopian novel '1984' by disporting his skills in paleography, the study of ancient and antiquated writing systems. Earlier in his career he deciphered Elizabethan manuscripts.... As a result of his dogged research, publishers had to withdraw incomplete, incorrect or obsolete earlier editions of Orwell’s works. In 'Animal Farm,' Orwell... had originally written that pigeons bombarded Mr. Jones and his men with their 'dung' when they attacked the farm, but the text was amended to say more gracefully that the pigeons 'muted on them.'"

 From "Peter Davison, Orwell Scholar on a Monumental Scale, Dies at 95/A 'super scholarly sleuth,' he devoted 35 years to editing 30 volumes of the author’s books, essays, letters, diaries and manuscripts" (NYT).

Muted on them? I checked the OED, and was delighted to find the bird-specific verb "mute":

1.  intransitive. Of a bird, esp. a hawk: to discharge faeces; to defecate. Also in extended use.

a1475    Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in  Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 9 (MED)   Ye schull say þat your hauke mutithe and not sclisithe....

1622    T. Walkley tr. J. de Luna Pursuit Hist. Lazarillo ix. 74   Aske a Philosopher why Flyes vpon a white thing doe mute black, and contrariwise, vpon a black, white.

1679    J. Crowne Ambitious Statesman  iii. 38   Flying rumours, which like Birds Soaring at random, mute on any head.

1728    Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 116   The Penis always came out some Inches when it [sc. the Ostrich] muted....

1869    R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. iv. 45   Great eyebrows overhung his face..and under them two large brown eyes, as of an owl when muting....

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