Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:48:32 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Re: Passer domesticus MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As I understand it, all of these alternative names are junior synonyms for Spatzi. Actually my preference for an alternative name is now Burger Kinglet (see Harry Armistead's post earlier this week). As a Monty Python character once observed - "They [are] a cheery lot, in and out of other people's house all day long!" Good Old World Sparrowing, Walter Ellison ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Ellis" To: Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:25 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Passer domesticus > Passer domesticus has stolen habitat from friendlier birds the world > over. Even its cousin, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, has been pushed out of > much St. Louis into the surrounding countryside by the aggressive > tendencies of P. domesticus. > > How about calling it Black-reputationed Old World Sparrow, or Eurasian > Invasive Sparrow, or Pirate Passerid, or Blackbeard? > > Bill Ellis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Ringler > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 10:11 PM > > ... the bird to which you are referring is in the family Passeridae > which the checklist committee has dubbed Old World Sparrows, ... > Since the name Black-throated Sparrow is already preoccupied > perhaps > you need to give it some other catchy title. > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================