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Q14: Birds in The Castafiore Emerald

Harrock n roll
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#1 · Posted: 23 May 2006 17:58
There are 9 different types of bird mentioned by name in The Castafiore Emerald.

Name 7 of them.
yamilah
Member
#2 · Posted: 23 May 2006 18:50
Here it goes:
cuckoo ...... p.1, frame 2
barnacle .......p.2, frame 8
goose .........p.3, frame 2
nightingale...p.5, frame 12
parakeet........p.13, frame 4
parrot..........p.13, frame 6
owl..............p.15, frame 9
cockatoo.....p.19, frame 8
magpie........p.59, frame 4

TOTAL = 9 birds!
Harrock n roll
Moderator
#3 · Posted: 24 May 2006 00:05
Excellent yamilah! 1 point to you.

However, barnacle wasn't one of them. It's a type of goose but it's not really a common bird name.

I'll give a clue for the last one. Haddock uses it to describe Castafiore's singing...
yamilah
Member
#4 · Posted: 24 May 2006 17:47
I'll give a clue for the last one. Haddock uses it to describe Castafiore's singing...

Must be the lark, p.19, frame 4. In the original version, no barnacles, no goose, no parakeet and no lark, but the owl is twice duplicated into 'chouette ou hibou' (p.15 & 54)...
And Milan is the French rendering for 'kite', the bird of prey...
Harrock n roll
Moderator
#5 · Posted: 26 May 2006 11:51
Must be the lark, p.19, frame 4

That's the one!

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