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    According to their scientific names which birds live in caves, which birds are little plums, which birds are little brothers and which birds milk goats?

    Question #55364. Asked by gmackematix. (Feb 21 05 7:41 PM)


    peasypod

    		Ok, the wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a cave-dweller...



    Feb 21 05, 8:17 PM
    centerice

    		Caprimulgiformes or the nighthawk, milk goats.

    Feb 22 05, 12:39 AM
    gmackematix

    		Yay, so far we're up and flying.

    Feb 22 05, 1:36 AM
    TabbyTom

    		Little plum = Prunella = hedge-sparrow.
    Little brother = Fratercula = puffin.

    Feb 22 05, 3:43 AM
    Baloo55th

    		Confusingly, Prunella is also the genus of a plant called self-heal. Which could indicate a very odd biologist with confused ideas about relationships, or simply that botanists don't talk to ornithologists......

    Feb 22 05, 8:36 AM
    gmackematix

    		Yays to Peasy, Centerice (night-hawks are also called nightjars or whippoorwills) and TT there. The mind boggles as to why these bits of Latin were ascribed to these birds. I mean, hedge-sparrow and little plum?!

    Feb 22 05, 7:52 PM

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