Which probably dates me a bit too....anyway there were lots of very nice
water birds on that little pond at Abernethy!
Cheers
Colin Driscoll
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Subject: Bald Coot
'Bald Coot' as a name for the Eurasian Coot antedates its use for the Purple
Swamphen. For instance it was used in coats of arms.
However there is a 19C Australian journal which uses 'Bald Coot' for the
Swamphen, as does an Australian/New Zealand Esperanto dictionary. However
the vast majority of references use it for Fulica atra.
Good old Google - and beware of common names !
Michael Norris
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