[obol] Sooty vs. Dusky -- which is which?

[Barbara J. Combs]

Sooty and coastal have two vowels together the first time a vowel appears
in the words.  They share a type of "o" sound.
Dusky and interior have a single vowel the first time a vowel appears.


Barbara Combs  obie '70
Eugene, Oregon

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Dave Mellinger wrote:

> The hardest part about this Sooty/Dusky Grouse split will be remembering which one is which.  Is the coastal form the Sooty and the inland one the Dusky, or vice versa?  The names are so similar in meaning that I find it hard to remember.  (Answer: Sooty is the more coastal one, Dusky is the interior one.)
>
> My best mnemonic so far is that Sooty Grouse live in the Willamette Valley, around Seattle, etc., where there are lots of people making lots of soot.
>
> Another good one is that the Sooty Grouse lives closer to the other "Sooty" bird that's reasonably common in our area, the Sooty Shearwater.  (Dusky Flycatchers are also common in our area -- but that's no help, since their range extensively overlaps both Sooty and Dusky Grouse.)
>
> Dave
> David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu
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