From: Marty_Light@Siecor.com
Subject: (whorl) Hyacinth & Birds
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 17:52:43 


[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]


Heard this on an National Public Radio broadcast the other day ("The
90-second Naturalist" with Thane Maynord (sp?) from the Cincy Zoo):

One of the most common types of macaws is the hyacinth macaw, named for its
purple-hued feathers.

Perhaps Silk's bird-brained relationships extended beyond Oreb.