|> 1. Why would a warbler be given the name "prothonatory" ?

There were medieval assistant scribes called "protonotarius", who
wore bright yellow robes.

|> 2. What is the relationship between the prothonatory warbler and
|> Richard Nixon's career?

Alger Hiss was accused of passing documents to the Soviets. Whittaker
Chambers, as witness for the prosecution, claimed he knew Hiss.
Hiss denied this. Chambers said that Hiss, on one of their meetings, had
told him about having seen a PRWA somewhere along the Potomac, on a day
when Hiss, according to his own statement, had been in New York. When
questioned, Hiss was unable to deny that he *had* seen a PRWA that day
- he was too proud of the record. Thus he was exposed as a liar.
Now what RN had to do with that, I forget. He may have been a prosecutor.
|>
|> -Don Baccus-

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Mountain View, CA 94041