The British Trust For Ornithology helpfully explains that the Rallidae is a family of birds that includes such less-than-romantic species as the moorhen and the coot. Paper Birds is the debut release ...
" Classification of Rallidae." Wilson Bulletin, 85, (4) 381. Year 1973 Identifier 75238 ISSN 0043-5643 Object Type Smithsonian staff publication Data source Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...
As humans are christened around birth, before their character becomes manifest and their frame takes complete shape, there is always the possibility that their name might suggest the opposite of what ...