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| Ross's Goose, Chen rossii |
Last month I took some pictures of a Ross's Goose on Capitol Lake here in Pierre. I got to wondering about the identity of the Mr. Ross who was fortunate enough to have a goose named after him. This particular Mr. Ross was Bernard Rogan Ross (1827-1874), an employee of the Hudson Bay Company who sent bird specimens to ornithologist John Cassin for study. When Cassin got a small, white goose from Mr. Ross, he named the bird in Ross's honor. After a little more research I discovered that the Ross's Gull was named for a different Ross altogether. Ah, bird names! Don't you find them interesting?
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