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| To: | "Stephen Ambrose" <>, <> |
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| Subject: | New Book About Scientific Names of Bird Species |
| From: | "Ross Macfarlane" <> |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:51:21 +1100 |
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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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