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Hi Cas, just noticed you seem to have the wrong bird under Taxonomy.....as you are currently working on the page, I'll leave the edit to you.... Avicedatalk 02:22, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In related news, apparently I fail at editing today -- point is, no snark intended on the edit history. Melchoir (talk) 00:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]