When birding in Central America I was amused to see that the
English-speaking ornithologists of that area had liked the adjective
'ochraceous', and labelled many birds with it. An even more unusual
adjective than 'rufous' or 'nankeen'.
BTW note that those who objected to Bush Thickknee and Rufous
Night-heron knew exactly which species I was referring to.
John Leonard
On 4/7/07, Cas and Lisa Liber <> wrote:
Incidentally, for those who note the obsolescence of the term 'Nankeen',
'Rufous' as an adjective is pretty unusual to hear these days either
(outside of ornihthology...)
Cas
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