Ray:
> However, I have been considering the postscript to your note with
>regard to hyphenated names of species.
> b) Names based on calls, particularly those with three or more
>words making up the title, i.e. whip-poor-will, chuck-will's-widow.

Interesting that poorwill isn't hyphenated, presumably due to the
fact it only has two syllables.

>For that matter,
>Flammulated Owl is just that, not Flammulated Screech-Owl, which we would
>want to distinguish from Flammulated Pygmy-Owl.

Or long-eared vs. great horned!

On those rare occasions I write an article on birds, I need to
keep my National Geographic guide next to me just to make sure
I get the (*&*&%&()*)* hyphenations right!

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