Re[2]: [MDOsprey] Yellow Book Index--NOT
Kathy Klimkiewicz (Kathy_Klimkiewicz@usgs.gov)
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:57:31 -0600
I second this 'emotion'!
Cheers,
Kathy Klimkiewicz
Laurel MD
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Subject: Re: [MDOsprey] Yellow Book Index--NOT
Author: mdosprey@ARI.Net at NBS-Internet-Gateway
Date: 7/28/99 7:39 PM
No offense, Jim, but I hope you lose this one. The Yellow Book is supposed
to be a reference, not a teaching tool or a source of aggravation.
Emily Joyce
Crownsville, MD
Jlstasz@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Folks!
>
> I will take the entire credit for NOT having an Index on the Yellow Book.
> Marshall wanted one, and I believe Bob was not opposed, but I had the final
> word and decided against it. My reasoning was simple: if there was an Index,
> many fewer world learn the checklist order.
>
> The order in the current Yellow Book is essentially what had been in use for
> many years. The next edition, whenever that may appear, will have all of the
> changes recently adopted by the American Ornithologists Union [AOU}. Vultures
> will be moved to storks, the ducks rearranged, vireos will be after crows but
> before chickadees, and the "cardinal finches" moved to after the blackbirds.
> If I have my way again, there will be no Index! :-)
>
> On another note. The computer graphics program used to create the Yellow
> Book was developed in 1985. It does not support modern printers. It is not
> Y2K compliant. The 486 that I ran it on has died and my 188 does not have a
> 5.25 floppy drive. The next edition will have to be made from scratch.
>
> Good Birding!
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Stasz
> North Beach MD
> jlstasz@aol.com