Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Greetings, slam2011!Here's the hyperlink to that video of actress, singer, songwriter Nadia Cattouse (from British Honduras (now Belize): actress who is best known for her acting roles in many British television programs:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX4vEpW0XvA. The baldpate was the most prized; the largest, the rarest and the most difficult to find, and just as difficult to shoot down with a slingshot – you have to hit it in the head or aim for the heart. The region supports 11 of the 23 species of endemic frogs; five of which are only found in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park. Next to the baldpate were the peadove and the whitewing (lapwing), the former more common, the latter much less so. 350 meters elevation. In consequence of their immunity they fly almost within arm’s reach of us; a peculiarity which strikes me about these birds is, that they never seem to flap their wings. They are often very fond of Bottlebrush but none of it was in bloom during our visit and the species was largely … For birds traveling at night, they are attracted to the tower and may strike it … Planting. To be called a “jancro” is one the most demeaning insults and would signify that this person is worthless as a life form and doesn’t serve much purpose on the planet. A few loose points: The pronunciation of his name in the Egyptian hieroglyphs was Haru, meaning falcon, brother to the hawk. As a youth I remember shooting a doctor bird. As rum legends go in the Caribbean, the tale of John Crow Batty Rum, like the bangin’ brew itself, truly stands alone. Usually doesn’t have any redeeming qualities . Jamaican Crow (Corvus jamaicensis) is Jabbering Crow, Jamicrow, Jamming Crow, or Gabbling Crow. Next time I'll just list title and author since my links don't work :(I see M J Herkovits suggested the yankoro/john-crow etymology way back in 1948! In abusive arguments people will call each other names such as "dirty John Crow, black John Crow or heng man John Crow". The Jamaica Gleaner has been publishing some extracts from articles that appeared in the Jamaica Journal, calling attention to the richness and variety of the contents of that venerable publication.The latest installment is from an article by John Rushford on the vine Jamaicans call John Crow Bead and its links to the Christmas dancing called Jonkonnu and the vulture called John Crow… We had acres and acres to roam and hours upon hours to do so. It protected a host of birds – the Jamaica black bird, canary and the finch, except for the jack sparrow. It is a lumbering, awkward gait. I also had a look at vulture pictures on Wikipedia, and though the African vulture is a species distinct from the New World variety, they look pretty similar. He is usually shown with hawk\’s head. This alpine terrain is the last known habitat for the endangered giant swallowtail butterfly, the second-largest butterfly in the world, … As early as 1847, Philip Henry Gosse published a full volume titled, The Birds of Jamaica. One, in particular, was as good with a slingshot as Sohrab in The Kite Runner. Law 4 in 1887 empowered the governor to add other birds to any of the two lists, the protected and the regulated, and Law 16 of 1899 authorized the governor to extend the close season. There have been three major populations of the Jamaican swallowtail found across the island. The hummingbird, robbin red breast, swallow, solitaire, nightingale, flycatcher, warblers , john tewit, anteater , troopial, banana quit, blue quit, orange quit, mosquitto hawks or gi-mi-mi-bits, and the oldman or rain bird all made the protected list. Sixteen Great Poems of Ifa, pp 28-29. Even though I did not see it on the list of protected birds in the 1886 law, Sir Archibald David Scott, writing in 1875 on his trip to Jamaica, said: These birds are ugly, but useful in consuming carrion and other impurities. Greetings, Melody Forbes.Thank you for sharing your comments about Jancrows in Jamaica. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Here's a link to Part I of a pancocojams series about some spiritual/positive connotations of vultures/crows in Africa: http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/03/crow-totems-in-akan-culture-excerpt.html.That series focuses on the crow & vulture in traditional Akan religion of Ghana and The Ivory Coast, the vulture in traditional Yoruba religion & in traditional Edo religion in Nigeria, and the vulture in Egyptian mythology.