Informal poll

Kristi Groberg Kristi.Groberg at NDSU.EDU
Tue Apr 24 12:45:09 UTC 2007


At 03:55 24.04.2007, you wrote:
>Now that we are allowed to consult dictionaries, I note that Dal' 
>gives sarych s.v. saryga: khishchnaia ptitsa kaniuk, korshun, Buteo; 
>Vasmer discusses its Turkic origin, and my rarely consulted H.I. 
>Jorgensen, Nomina avium europaearum (Copenhagen, 1958) gives sarych 
>for Buteo buteo and malyi sarych (also ryzhii sarych) for Buteo 
>vulpinus, and sarych stepnoi, kurgannik for Buteo rufinus. 
>Personally I don't know a hawk from a handsaw.
>Will Ryan

Will, Hi!

The handsaw doesn't have wings.

Kris Groberg

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