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DOCTOR BIRD<br />
Pieces of the Past:<br />
A Stroll Down <strong>Jamaica</strong>’s Memory Lane<br />
<strong>Jamaica</strong>’s national bird, and a species of hummingbird, it is only found in <strong>Jamaica</strong>. Iridescent like all<br />
hummingbirds, there are many stories that explain the naming of the Doctor Bird.<br />
One states that it is called ‘doctor’ because its long black tail (of the adult male) resembles the long<br />
black tail coats doctors were known to have worn in the past.<br />
Another explains that it is called ‘doctor’ because it gives medicine to the plants<br />
when it lances the flowers with their long bills.<br />
Yet another explains that the name comes from an association with tobacco, a<br />
ritual plant also used as medicine by Taino shamans (medicine men).<br />
www.jamaicacatalogue.com<br />
Excerpt from Rebecca Tortello’s<br />
Pieces of the Past: A Stroll Down<br />
<strong>Jamaica</strong>’s Memory Lane
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