[Sca-cooks] Rude and Barbarous Kingdom

[Terry Decker]

"Turkey" has also been used for the Hungarian guinea fowl, but by 1580 in 
English it was most likely referencing actual turkeys.

You need to thank Ian for the reference to grouse.

And while I could direct you to a number of esoteric natural histories (some 
of which live in xerox on my shelf), let's keep it simple.  I found a list 
of the Birds of Russia on Wikipedia a few months ago. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Russia

Enjoy.

Bear

> Turkey was meant to be more or less descriptive. I know the bird that we
> call the turkey is New World only. However, I had no idea they had four
> bustard birds in Russia! Any of them still around, or are they extinct 
> too?
> Thank you Ian for clearing up that a teter(ev) is a grouse. Bear, what is
> your source for the different bustards? I am interested in learning more
> about them.
>
> AEschwynne