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  1. Shoot the Messager? How the Secretarybird <em>Sagittarius serpentarius</em> got its names (mostly wrong)

    Shoot the Messager? How the Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius got its names (mostly wrong)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Ian Glenn --- Department of Communication Science, South Africa
    Research into the etymology of various names for the Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius reveals a comedy of errors from Vosmaer, his French translator, Buffon, Sonnerat, and Miller to Fry. The research suggests that the name Sagittarius resulted from a misunderstanding in...
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