Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 02:06:36 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Article on Cape Gull (a potential spilt from Kelp Gull) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed MD Osprey: The latest issue of "Birding World" (a UK publication, not the US "Birder's World") has an excellent article in it featuring the Cape Gull that was present in Paris during early 1995. Cape Gull is the South African form of Kelp Gull. The senior author of the paper is Frederic Jiguet who extensively studied the Kelp Gull and in another paper proposed that Kelp Gull be split into five species, including Cape Gull. This article feature lots of photos (including a half-page photo of our "Shrimpy"), a map of Kelp Gull distribution and vagrancy (yes, there is a dot for the Sandgates, MD bird) and a two-page plate with paintings of 33 different birds--both standing and in flight--of the five different species that he advocates be split from Kelp Gull and four regional variations of the (nominate) South American Kelp Gull. Also included on the plate is Great Black-backed Gull, Baltic Gull (a subspecies/split of Lesser Black-backed Gull) and a presumed Greater Black-backed x Lesser Black-backed hybrid. The Maryland Kelp Gull has it's own illustration on this plate, as well as the Barbardos "Kelp Gull" (a presumed Cape Gull). This is an excellent article, however, you will want to see it in color, not a b&w photocopy. The citation is: Jiguet, Frederic and Pierre Defos du Rau, illustrated by Sebastian Reeber. 2004. A Cape Gull in Paris - a new European Bird. Birding World 17(2):62-70. BTW, Birding World is an excellent journal. It's tag line is, "Europe's premier monthly magazine for keen birdwatchers." More information on the journal can be found here ... http://www.birdingworld.freeserve.co.uk/y_index.htm (Usual disclaimers) Phil =================================================== Phil Davis, Secretary MD/DC Records Committee 2549 Vale Court Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA 301-261-0184 mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html =================================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================