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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-99--589387120 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Andy, On 26-Aug-07, at 8:21 PM, Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan wrote: > I came across a reference today in a piece I was editing about > hunting "Yellowhammers" on Brier Island 100 years ago. (The piece > said most of the hunters bagged 15 to 20 of them, and they were > looking forward to a good feast). > I assume they were referring to Northern Flickers. Yes. "Obsolete English names of North American birds and their modern equivalents" gives this as a synonym. > But looking it up on the internet, I also found reference to > another bird called a Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella. It's a > much smaller bird, and I associated it with Great Britain and Europe. Yes, a lovely Eurasian sparrow. > But does anyone know if the Emberiza citrinella was ever (or is > still) in Nova Scotia? Never. > I can't imagine hunting it as a game bird, but then I wouldn't have > thought Northern Flickers would be a taste treat either. Neither appeals to my palate, but then again people used to make pies with four and twenty blackbirds so I suppose ... Cheers! Chris > I'd like to get some clarification before I finish editing the > article, if anyone can help. > Thanks > Andy Moir > Freeport > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-99--589387120 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Andy,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 26-Aug-07, at 8:21 PM, Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New = Roman; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: = 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">I came across a = reference today in a piece I was editing about hunting "Yellowhammers" = on Brier Island 100 years ago.=A0 (The piece said most of the hunters = bagged 15 to 20 of them, and they were looking forward to a good = feast).=A0</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; = ">I assume they were referring to Northern Flickers.=A0 = <BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes. "Obsolete English = names of North American birds and their modern equivalents" gives this = as a synonym.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New = Roman; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: = 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">But looking it up on the = internet, I also found reference to another bird called a Yellowhammer, = Emberiza citrinella.=A0 It's a much smaller bird, and I associated it = with Great Britain and Europe.=A0 = <BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes, a lovely Eurasian = sparrow.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New = Roman; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: = 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">But does anyone know if = the Emberiza citrinella was ever (or is still) in Nova Scotia?=A0 = <BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Never.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Times New Roman; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; = text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; = orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = "><DIV><FONT face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">I can't imagine hunting = it as a game bird, but then I wouldn't have thought Northern Flickers = would be a taste treat = either.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Neither appeals to my = palate, but then again people used to make pies with four and=A0twenty = blackbirds so I suppose ...=A0</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Times New Roman; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: