[vsnet-chat 4260] tangential...

[crawl@zoom.co.uk]

Somewhat of topic, but it does relate to vsnet webpages : -

A friend of mine is an avian nomenclaturist [actually, he's a human whose
interested in the nomenclatural rules of avian taxonomy], and out of the
"blue" so to speak, I've just received this totally unexpected email from
him [and I don't know why the topic came up, cos I didn't mention it to
him, and I don't even remember making any such posting!], which I forward
below

>John,
>
>You refer to "the Blue Flycatcher" in one of your VSNET postings, yet the
>bird depicted on the homepage appears to be a 'composite' with the stance
>of the Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyane, and the general coloration
>(especially the extensive black on the throat and breast) of the
>Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana. Both birds occur in the
>Japan area, and  I'm curious as to whether they are confused in reality.
>
Well, Dr Kato, are they ever confused with each other?

Cheers

John

John Greaves
UK

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