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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_4174_27491188.1207702581644 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:31 PM, jen cooper <iffercooper@hotmail.com> wrote: hello all! >> an oldsquaw couple (lifer for me) at port morien wharf - did sibley forget these guys? << -- No, but he did remember that a few years ago they were renamed Long-tailed Ducks. Biologists feared that the name Oldsquaw would be offensive to some Native American tribes involved in the conservation effort.The American Ornithologists' Union (2000) stated that "political correctness" was not sufficient to change the name, but "to conform with English usage in other parts of the world", it officially adopted the name Long-tailed Duck. (Wikipedia). Of course the latin name Clangula hyemalis is recognized by all linguistic groups as belonging to this species, regardless of local colloquialisms. In the U.K. they were called Long-tailed Ducks for years before the name was changed in N.America. Not to be confused with Northern Pintails, which also have long tails ........ Richard > > > ################### Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_4174_27491188.1207702581644 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:31 PM, jen cooper <iffercooper@hotmail.com> wrote:<br> hello all!<br><br><br>>> an oldsquaw couple (lifer for me) at port morien wharf <br><span style="font-style: italic;">- did sibley forget these guys? <<<br><br>-- No, but he did remember that a few years ago they were renamed Long-tailed Ducks. Biologists feared that the name Oldsquaw would be offensive to some Native American tribes involved in the conservation effort.The American Ornithologists' Union (2000) stated that "political correctness" was not sufficient to change the name, but "to conform with English usage in other parts of the world", it officially adopted the name Long-tailed Duck. (Wikipedia). Of course the latin name Clangula hyemalis is recognized by all linguistic groups as belonging to this species, regardless of local colloquialisms. In the U.K. they were called Long-tailed Ducks for years before the name was changed in N.America. Not to be confused with Northern Pintails, which also have long tails ........<br> <br><br>Richard<br></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><br><br><br></div></blockquote> </div>###################<br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
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