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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=781152300-03062007>While not a
rare bird, it's rare enough for me. Taken near my friend Roger's house on
Compton Mountain Va. this morning. Roger shared with that me his dad
called the bird a Rain Crow. The book titled <SPAN class=title>American
Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States published
in 1832 credits Virginians for nicknaming the cuckoo Rain-Crow. The Auk
quarterly journal volume VIII published in 1891 credits the natives of
Bahamas with the Rain Crow nickname.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=781152300-03062007><SPAN
class=title>At any rate he's a Georgous bird and a lucky find for
me.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%" align=left><FONT size=2>Don
Carrier<BR>Bristol, Tennessee</FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%" align=left><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.birdsgonewild.org/">www.birdsgonewild.org</A></FONT> </P>
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