Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:58:54 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul O'Brien Subject: Re: Sharp-tailed Sparrow identification MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/19/02 9:50:03 AM, dhmbowen@YAHOO.COM writes: << Interestingly, this particular bird shows more than a suggestion of a central breast "spot" or smudge. Frank pointed out to us last night that sparrows in several genuses (geni?) can show this, either regularly or occasionally. >> FYI, the plural of genus is genera. Paul O'Brien Rockville, Mont. Co., MD pobrien776@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================