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New Book About Scientific Names of Bird Species

To: "Stephen Ambrose" <>, <>
Subject: New Book About Scientific Names of Bird Species
From: "Ross Macfarlane" <>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:51:21 +1100
I loved reading an old copy of Cayley's What Bird Is That? as a kid, especially because it gave the translation of all the scientific names. I loved getting Aegotheles cristatus translated as the crested goatsucker, but my all-time favourite was and still is Grantiella picta, followed closely by Ashbyia lovensis...




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