[wisb] Re: Chimney Swift Question
- From: "R. Tod Highsmith" <todhighsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:23:16 -0500
John Josselyn, in 1672, called them the "Troculus" (I have absolutely
no idea what that means). In a 1709 list of Carolina birds, Lawson
called them the "Swift" or "Diveling." In his 1748 "Natural History
of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands," Mark Catesby calls them
the "American Swallow."
Here's an interesting link:
http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/2021/1/Graves--When_did_Chaetura_pelagica_become_the_chimney_swift.pdf
It's amazing what a few seconds of Googling can find.
Tod Highsmith
Madison, WI
> Does anyone know what Chimney Swifts were called before there were
> chimneys in
> N. America?
>
> -Daryl Christensen
> Marquette Co.
> Daryl and/or Sherry Christensen
> www.darylchristensen.com
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