Subject: Re: Bird Names
Date: Nov 21 21:44:51 1995
From: Stuart MacKay - stuart at animal.blarg.net
I think there might be a couple of errors or at least alternatives:
> Martyn Hawkes
What about Hobby which regularly preys on swifts and swallows.
> Fursekytte literally, fierce kite
Could be Merlin since Furse or Furze refers to gorse and so
heathland - but in that case this also might refer to nightjar.
> Kyte: Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Very, very unlikely. Red Kite was once common all over merry old
England and birds were common scavengers in London.
Stuart
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Stuart MacKay, Ravenna Ave NE Seattle