Re: Coding bird names
Ellen Paul (epaul@dclink.com)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:55:19 -0400
Back in the days of the 6th edition...
Ellen
Elliot Kirschbaum wrote:
>
> 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
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