Rabbi Yitzchak teaches us that we can use massoret, tradition, to identify whether or not a bird is kosher. He also tells us that a hunter should be believed when he says that he learned a tradition regarding the kashrut of a particular bird. Rabbi Yochanan tells us that this is only true for those who can demonstrate that they are familiar with birds and their names.
Rashi elucidates: this tradition can be from a teacher or from a parent. It can be from a hunter's memory of what his father ate. In these cases, there is no need to double check the bird's state of kashrut by looking at the four indicators discussed in past dapim. Massoret overrules the indicators. The Shach rules that if a bird is found to have an indicator that it is not kosher - a bird of prey, for example, it is decided that the tradition was mistaken.
Steinsaltz notes that modern, commercial kashrut has caused us to lose traditions regarding the determination of kashrut.
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