On 4/12/99 8:48 AM Ellen Paul said >Now, even that can be a problem because while there are official common >names, not everyone uses them or knows them. You would need to know that >what we commonly call a Titmouse or a Tufted Titmouse is actually an >Eastern Tufted Titmouse. ETTI. That is news to me. According to the A.O.U. Checklist of North American Birds, seventh edition, there are the following Titmice: Bridled Titmouse Oak Titmouse Juniper Titmouse Tufted Titmouse While there are two groups of the last (Tufted Titmouse and Black-crested Titmouse), the former is not named "Eastern" according to the AOU. Elliot Kirschbaum Baltimore, MD USA mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net