Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:09:03 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Taxonomy Changes In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030822211234.016d4c80@popd.ix.netcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What about "Country," "New Age," "Classical," "Hip-Hop," etc. Pigeons? Sorry - I have to stay inside today. fdp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com Mid Atlantic Air Museum events: "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles" Sept. 20-21 2003 http://www.maam.org/transhow.html and Avsim Conference Sept. 26-27 www.avsim.com *** World Airshow News - www.worldairshownews.com ** --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Phil Davis > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:22 PM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Taxonomy Changes > > > MD Ospreyers: > > FYI ... the AOU just released its 44th Supplement to the 7th edition > of the Check-List of North American birds. For us here in Maryland, > the most obvious change is the of common name "Rock Dove" to "Rock > Pigeon". > > A number of scientific names and genera were changed and there were > also changes to the order of the checklist, most notable the movement > of the Anseriformes (waterfowl) and Galliformes (domestic fowl and > game birds) to the front of the list after the Tinamiformes > (Tinamous). > > OK, everyone, now repeat after me ... "Rock Pigeon" ... "Rock Pigeon" > ... "Rock Pigeon" ... > > Happy Atlasing ... > > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================