Just for fun...

[Guest 51Patty400]

Definition: \Cor"mo*rant\ (k[^o]r"m[-o]*rant), n. [F. cormoran,

fr. Armor. m[=o]r-vran a sea raven; m[=o]r sea + bran raven,

with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed;

or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of {Phalacrocorax}, a genus of sea

birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants

devour fish voraciously, and have become the [color:"red"] emblem of

gluttony. [color:"black"] They are generally black, and hence are called

{sea ravens}, and {coalgeese}. [Written also {corvorant}.]

[Guest imported_Speedster]

But, Didn't Packard start calling it a 'Pelican' in '51 or was it '53?

If I remember correctly the President of Packard looked up the history of the Packard Family Crest and found that it labeled the bird on top as a Pelican, so he had everyone start calling it a Pelican emblem.

I prefer Cormorant tho, since the ornament designs look more like a cormorant (with long neck) than the long billed, shorter neck, Pelican.

[Guest 51Patty400]

Ya, I agree with you on the name. The book has it listed as a Pelican but it sure soesn't look like one.

- Mark

[Twitch]

The Cormorant is the bird that Japanese fishermen used to use to catch fish. They put a collar on the neck so the bird could not swallow big fish. They were trained to catch and return to the boat obviously and the fisherman would stick his hand in and pull out the fish. The bird could swallow smaller fish so he wasn't negatively reinforced that catching fish was a bad thing.

[Guest imported_Speedster]

Fishing that way would be a Lot more Fun than Waiting with a Pole. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I need a new Pet anyway, since my RattleSnake Mouse-catcher died. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[Guest 51Patty400]

Retreiving the mice must be an adventure of its own! :-)

- Mark

[Guest imported_Speedster]

Yep, Had to Kill the damn Snake, to Retreive the Poor Mouse. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />