X for:

Xantus' Hummingbird

or

Xantus' Murrelet

Ted Kenefick
TedK at zeco.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deborah Wisti-Peterson [SMTP:nyneve at u.washington.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 8:28 AM
> To: Michael Hobbs
> Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Bird names
>
>
> i'm curious; what will your place of employ do when they reach the
> letter "x"?
>
> regards,
>
> Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
> Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
> Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
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>
>
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Michael Hobbs wrote:
>
> > These are the only ones from the AOU list. Not much to choose from,
> even when
> > looking at both common and scientific names.
> >
> > Uropsila leucogastra
> > Uria lomvia
> > Uria aalge
> > Uraeginthus bengalus
> > Upupa epops
> > Upland Sandpiper
> > Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
> > Uniform Crake
> > Unicolored Jay
> > Umbrellabird, Bare-necked
> >
> >
> > == Michael Hobbs
> > == Kirkland WA
> > == hummer at isomedia.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Diane Yorgason-Quinn <avosetta at hotmail.com>
> > To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:17 PM
> > Subject: Fwd: Bird names
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Jo & Tweeters:
> > >
> > > RE Bird names starting with "U":
> > >
> > > "A Fowl Alphabet," by Alan James Robinson uses UMBRELLA BIRD.
> > > Nancy Pallan's famous T-Shirt by Plant the Earth uses UPLAND
> SANDPIPER.
> > >
> > > Perhaps you could eliminate some vowels the way license plates do.
> > >
> > > Diane Yorgason-Quinn
> > > Gig Harbor, WA
> > > Avosetta at hotmail.com
> > >
> > > >From: Joaw9 at aol.com
> > > >Reply-To: Joaw9 at aol.com
> > > >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> > > >Subject: Bird names
> > > >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 23:21:21 EST
> > > >
> > > >Greets Tweets --
> > > > The company where I work has been naming their servers after
> birds.
> > > >We
> > > >are up to the letter 'U'. It can only be 8 letters. Is there a bird
> (or
> > > >relative thereof) whose name begins with the letter 'U'? I need a
> response
> > > >ASAP. Thanks for your help.
> > > >Jo Waldron (joaw9 at aol.com)
> > > >Everett, WA
> > >
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