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Article #19Re: "Chaffinch" in other languages, as surname etc.
From: Brion L. VIBBER
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:59
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:59
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De gudkente andy roberts skribte: > I always wonder about that old WWII song which goes "There'll be bluebirds > over, the white cliffs of Dover". > > I used to live in Dover and it puzzled me. > > I don't know what species a bluebird is, something North American perhaps, > or African?, but there have certainly never been any bluebirds in or > anywhere near Dover. > There are a lot of swifts and swallows though. North American. Genus "sialia", says a quick web search. Perhaps the song was written by an American who wasn't much of an ornithologist? -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) -- [en, eo, ia, fr, (es, la)]
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