Lerxst
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For a while I went round with the notion that Alfred Pallas had several birds named after him, only to one day discover via a For Sale notice in someone's front garden that it was in fact a firm of estate agents. :-C
https://www.alfredpallas.com/
Hats off to JWN Andrews for a very good last post. How about Superciliared Hemispingus for a name to conjure with.
(I was going to say 'Merlin' - now there's a name to conjure with, but you've probably heard that one before! :king
Yes. And I even used to think the bird was named after him, but it isn't, of course. Per Wikipedia: "The name "merlin" is derived from Old French esmerillon via Anglo-Norman merilun or meriliun." Esmerillion was apparently a previous name specific to the bird (?) Wikipedia also says that the sorcerer's name came from a Welsh term.
Reminds me of when we went to Ghana and found ourselves in Tamale after going to Mole National Park. Not expecting names of Mexican foods! :-O
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