>Neil:
>> How about the HETO (Hermit/Townsend's hybrid) as a unique WA bird ?
>
>Well, an aquaintence got either his doctorate or masters (he has
>one of each, the other was on rusty hawks) studying this bird in
>OREGON...so, it's fairly unique, like the sparred owl, but not
>uniquely unique.
>
>- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>

Obviously we need a whole series of categories to clarify this discussion:

theoretically unique
debatably unique
marginally unique
minusculy unique
slightly unique
partially unique
more or less unique
fairly unique
somewhat unique
moderately unique
rather unique
largely unique
quite unique
entirely unique
uniquely unique (I like that one).

I allowed myself only 2 minutes on this one, so it's not complete; it may
be unique, however. We will surely be able to add more categories after a
few beers either at (as certain scofflaws would have it) or after the
picnic.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
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