A young girl by the name of Rissa (the genus of Kittiwakes).

On Mon, 23 Jan 1995, Clark Blake wrote:

> I ran into a lady yesterday who named her daughter Towhee. I have known
several Robins and Phoebes plus one Vireo (birder's daughter).Merlin,
Martin, Jay, and > Peregrine are fairly comon men's names. Any others out
there? > Clark Blake, Dept. of geology, WWU, Bellingham, WA 98225
>

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Univ. of Washington, Seattle
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