Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:42:26 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Chris Starling Subject: Re: Wigeon -v- Widgeon Redux Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Yesterday I saw a Great Northern Diver on the Susquehanna flats ;) >From: David Mozurkewich >Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding >To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Wigeon -v- Widgeon Redux >Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:01:58 -0500 > >Phil, > >Thanks for your research on this. We now know when the spelling >changed but the more interesting question is why. I don't have have >access to the old references you seem to have available so before you >take the good advise being offered and do something useful with all >your free time, why don't you use some of it to refute my explanation. > >The early 80's was a time when many American bird names were changed to >bring them into agreement with the names used in England. For example, >our gallinule became Common Moorhen. My guess is that the British have >always used the Wigeon spelling and our name change was for consistency >with them. Do you have the old BOU lists (if there are such things) or >even old field guides from that part of the world? > >Dave >David Mozurkewich >Seabrook, PG MD USA >mozurk @ bellAtlantic.net > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= _________________________________________________________________ Create a Job Alert on MSN Careers and enter for a chance to win $1000! http://msn.careerbuilder.com/promo/kaday.htm?siteid=CBMSN_1K&sc_extcmp=JS_JASweep_MSNHotm2 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================