On Fri, 4 Aug 1995, Peter Rauch wrote:
> One jay is on an island, which itself is mostly scrubby (and
> bio-interesting) --call it Santa Cruz Island Scrub Jay.
>
> One jay lives over a wide geographic range, and has a long-history,
> stable common name --call it the Scrub Jay.
>
> One jay lives in the Florida Scrub --call it the Florida Scrub Jay.

So all three are Scrub Jays, but only one is the Scrub Jay...

David Wright
dwright at u.washington.edu