On 01-Oct-10 12:21 AM, Divya Sampath 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.
I wanted to compare google translate's [1] output to what Divya came up with, as a lark (sorry). This, of course doesn't prove anything except that I am easily amused. Here it is: Nostrati pies glandariae arcuate line is akin to whitish above the eyes. Of the wings grow green rugs, the shaft turning yellow,: according to the base of the wings of blue stain: The tail and grow black in the Rowers: blue Uropygium stain it with the: between the thighs to its tail as far as Glows the blushing. [1] http://translate.google.com/?sl=la&tl=en#la%7Cen%7C -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
