On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Abhijit Menon-Sen <[email protected]> wrote:
<<Nostrati Picae glandariae affinis est Linea arcuata albida supra oculos. Alarum tegetes virescunt, Scapis flavescentibus: juxta basin alarum macula coerulea: Remiges & Cauda nigrescunt: Uropygium coeruleo maculatur: inter femora usque ad caudam rubescit.>> >> Here's a rough translation: while my Latin is decent, my knowledge of things ornithological is nil, so there is some guessing involved with respect to the body parts. I suspect there may be some bird-related verbal conventions/18th century peculiarities at work. These (Our) Magpie jays have a connected white arch over the eyes. The upper sides of the wings are shaded greenish, with the shaft turning yellow: the area between the wings bases is spotted blue-black: the flight feathers and tail grow black; the posterior spine is spotted blue-black: between the thighs up to the tail it is reddish-coloured. And now back to the salt mines... cheers Divya /Wanton acts of drive-by translation a speciality/
