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Index of Subjects --1332810471-2141021845-1386352943=:50237 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Perhaps Sweet and Sour Chicken? Paul On Friday, December 6, 2013 12:54:42 PM, Andrew Horn <aghorn@dal.ca> wrote: Interesting question. Definitely "pigeon", except when jokingly trying to fancy up a lackluster birdlist with "Rock Dove". But I hadn't thought of Randy's point. E.g., I wonder what zoologists in the range of Band-tailed Pigeons would say. Andy On Dec 6, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Randy Lauff wrote: If it's clear by the context that I'm referring to the local bird, I just say "pigeon"; since we don't have any other species of pigeon, there should be no confusion. > > >Randy > > > > > > > > >_________________________________ >RF Lauff >Way in the boonies of >Antigonish County, NS. > > >On 6 December 2013 12:42, Gerald <naturens@zdoit.airpost.net> wrote: > >How do zoologists refer to the rock pigeon in conversation with other >>zoologists? I refer to Columba livia. Not in papers or presentations, >>just talking around the lab. For example, scientists usually say >>Drosophila instead of fruit fly or Drosophila melanogaster, and >>Strongylo to refer to Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. >> >>Thanks >> >>-- >>Gerald >> > --1332810471-2141021845-1386352943=:50237 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Perhaps Sweet and Sour Chicken? </span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, December 6, 2013 12:54:42 PM, Andrew Horn <aghorn@dal.ca> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2108535545"><div> Interesting question. Definitely "pigeon", except when jokingly trying to fancy up a lackluster birdlist with "Rock Dove". <div><br clear="none"> </div> <div>But I hadn't thought of Randy's point. E.g., I wonder what zoologists in the range of Band-tailed Pigeons would say.</div> <div><br clear="none"> </div> <div>Andy</div> <div class="yiv2108535545yqt6043938489" id="yiv2108535545yqt58589"><div><br clear="none"> <div> <div>On Dec 6, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Randy Lauff wrote:</div> <br class="yiv2108535545Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"> <blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr">If it's clear by the context that I'm referring to the local bird, I just say "pigeon"; since we don't have any other species of pigeon, there should be no confusion. <div><br clear="none"> </div> <div>Randy</div> <div><br clear="none"> </div> <div><br clear="none"> <div><br clear="none"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="yiv2108535545gmail_extra"><br clear="all"> <div>_________________________________<br clear="none"> RF Lauff<br clear="none"> Way in the boonies of<br clear="none"> Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div class="yiv2108535545gmail_quote">On 6 December 2013 12:42, Gerald <span dir="ltr"><naturens@zdoit.airpost.net></span> wrote:<br clear="none"> <blockquote class="yiv2108535545gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"> How do zoologists refer to the rock pigeon in conversation with other<br clear="none"> zoologists? I refer to Columba livia. Not in papers or presentations,<br clear="none"> just talking around the lab. For example, scientists usually say<br clear="none"> Drosophila instead of fruit fly or Drosophila melanogaster, and<br clear="none"> Strongylo to refer to Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Thanks<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> --<br clear="none"> Gerald<br clear="none"> </blockquote> </div> <br clear="none"> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br clear="none"> </div></div> </div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html> --1332810471-2141021845-1386352943=:50237--
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