Hi Tweets,

Lois Schultz writes:

>Not to throw more fuel on the fire, but perhaps we should be using the
>"original" N. American name for Long-tailed duck: ahaaliq

If the AOU is *not* going to observe the courtesy of prior nomenclature of a
monotypic species of both the Palaearctic and Nearctic, first named
scientifically in English as Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus),
I really like this idea.

Incidentally, one of the names of this bird in New Brunswick is a great
sonic rendition of its call's phrasing: 'south-southeasterly'.

Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
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