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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_6oPJhZRub6r9qssdxnZaFQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT A note to those interested in Saw-whet Owls, esp. anyone who saw/watched the immobile one in Halifax in the past couple of days: this species is etymologically of special Nova Scotia interest in that its Latin name is Aegolius acadicus, and one of his common names has been Acadian Owl. Also, in the huge 1917 book Birds on America (gen. ed. Gilbert Pearson), the origin of its name is given this way: "The Owl's cry, most frequently heard during March and April, has a peculiar scraping or rasping quality which suggests the sound made by filing a large-toothed saw; and hence its popular name." Another passage from the Pearson book should amuse viewers of the owl in Halifax: "If sound sleeping is a sign of a clear conscience, the Saw-whet Owl must have very few sins on its head...so deep is its slumber." Brian --Boundary_(ID_6oPJhZRub6r9qssdxnZaFQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A note to those interested in Saw-whet Owls, esp. anyone who saw/watched the immobile one in Halifax in the past couple of days: this species is etymologically of special Nova Scotia interest in that its Latin name is Aegolius acadicus, and one of his common names has been Acadian Owl. Also, in the huge 1917 book Birds on America (gen. ed. Gilbert Pearson), the origin of its name is given this way: "The Owl's cry, most frequently heard during March and April, has a peculiar scraping or rasping quality which suggests the sound made by filing a large-toothed saw; and hence its popular name." Another passage from the Pearson book should amuse viewers of the owl in Halifax: "If sound sleeping is a sign of a clear conscience, the Saw-whet Owl must have very few sins on its head...so deep is its slumber."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_6oPJhZRub6r9qssdxnZaFQ)--
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