All - Another perhaps more ribald book is GRUSON, EDWARD S. Words for
Birds: A Lexicon of North American Birds with Biographical Notes. It
seems to delight in the number of birds that were named after
girlfriends (Lucy's warbler and others) and mistakes made by
ornithologists on their scientific names (like the scientific name of
Least Bittern is "greedy-eater of mistletoe"). It's a hoot to read (no
pun intended). Unfortunately it is out of print, but look in your local
libraries.
Pete
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Robert Royse
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Re : Wilson question thanks
There's a great little book called "A Dictionary of American Bird Names"
by Ernest A. Choate. It gives the derivation for all the common and
Latin names of all the N. American bird species. There is also a second
section with a short bio on all the people who had birds named after
them (Wilson, Baird, Townsend, Cassin, Xantus, etc.). LeConte's
Thrasher and Sparrow were actually named after two different guys. Who
would have guessed?
There's a paperback version that sells for around $10. I probably got it
from ABA sales, but you can also get it from Amazon.
Robert Royse
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