"Yellow Bird" cocktail (Bahamas, 1968)

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     The song "Yellow Bird" was played at last month's service for Fred
Cassidy.  There is a "Yellow Bird" drink, which wasn't served.
     The drink is not recorded by the OED.  It's not in John Ayto's A
GOURMET'S GUIDE: FOOD & DRINK FROM A TO Z, and it's not in John Mariani's
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK.
     A Google check for "Yellow Bird" and an ingredient ("orange juice")
turns up the usual drink sites:

http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/1399
http://www.cocktail.com/recipes/y/YellowBird.htm
http://cocktails.about.com/library/recipes/blyellowbird.htm
http://www.barnonedrinks.com/recipes/cocktails/y/yellowbird2.html
http://www.drinkmixes.com/rum/yellow_birdii.htm
http://food4epicurious.com/HyperNews/get/mom/57/l.html
http://www.visitaruba.com/attractions/arubabuzz/mixnshake/mixnshake10.html

     The SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK (1930) has a Yellow Daisy Cocktail, Yellow
Parrot Cocktail, and Yellow Rattler Cocktail., but no Yellow Bird Cocktail.
     TRADER VIC'S BOOK OF FOOD & DRINK (1946) doesn't have it.
     OLD MR. BOSTON DE LUXE OFFICIAL BARTENDER'S GUIDE (1949 edition) doesn't
have it.
     ESQUIRE'S HANDBOOK FOR HOSTS (1949) doesn't have it.
     RONRICO'S OFFICIAL MIXTRO'S GUIDE (1950?) doesn't have it.
     Ted Saucier's BOTTOMS UP (1951) doesn't have it.
     David A. Embury's THE FINE ART OF MIXING DRINKS (1952)  doesn't have it.
     Johnny Brooks's MY 35 YEARS BEHIND BARS (1954) doesn't have it.
     Frederic Birmingham's ESQUIRE DRINK BOOK (1956) doesn't have it.
     Matty Simmons's THE NEW DINERS CLUB DRINK BOOK (1961, revised and
enlarged 1969) doesn't have it in the later, enlarged edition.
     TRADER VIC'S RUM COOKERY AND DRINKERY (1974) doesn't have it.
     Thomas Mario's PLAYBOY'S PARTY DRINKS (1974) doesn't have it.
     OLD MR. BOSTON DELUXE OFFICIAL BARTENDER'S GUIDE (1978) doesn't have it.
     Thomas Mario's PLAYBOY'S NEW BAR GUIDE (1982) doesn't have it.
     Lionel Braun and Marion Gorman's THE DRINK DIRECTORY (1982) doesn't have
it.
     Salvatore Calabrese's CLASSIC COCKTAILS (1997) has a photo on page 172,
"Right: Fly to the Caribbean on a Yellow Bird."  The recipe is on page 173:
"A short, vibrant, exotic drink that is popular in the Caribbean."
     Ray Foley's BARTENDER: THE ULTIMATE COCKTAIL BOOK II (1998) has it on
page 156.
     This is from GOURMET, September 1968, pg. 65, col. 2:

Q.  During a recent stay at the Grand Bahama Country Club and Hotel in Grand
Bahama, I had a delicious drink called a "Yellow Bird."  Could you possibly
obtain the recipe for me?
MRS. FRED KLEIN
MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA

A.  Here's to the tropics!
     _Yellow Bird_
     Combine 1/4 cup orange juice, 2 tablesppons each of lemon juice and
light rum, and 1 tablespoon each of simple syrup, apricot brandy, and banana
liqueur.  Shake the mixture well and serve it in a tall glass with ice cubes.
 Garnish the drink with an orange slice and a cherry.  Makes 1 drink.