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Philop wrote:
"I wrote to Steve to mention that it is actually
called Little Button-quail. You probably all know it but I am writing it to the
list now, only because the slip has been repeated (although Barbara got it
right). My reasons are entirely ornithological not just in spelling. Whilst it
sounds the same, the difference is significant. It emphasises that the bird (and
others of the family) are not quails and are very different from quails,
apart from being similar in size and shape and terrestrial habits"
OK, but this causes me to wonder why
it's White-bellied Sea-Eagle rather than White-bellied Sea-eagle particularly as
the bird is nor a true eagle but a big kite, or is the hyphen the
differentiating factor regardless of the upper-case E?
John Layton
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