Subject: Re: it's official!
Date: Mar 5 16:41:47 1996
From: "M. Smith" - whimbrel at u.washington.edu


On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Dennis Paulson wrote:
> Northern Oriole split into:
> Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
> Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
> Abeille's Oriole Icterus abeillei (Mexico)

Dennis, I don't mean to be nit-picky, but note that the last one's English
name is officially 'Black-backed Oriole'. Under notes we read "Also
known as Albeille's Oriole", but apparently 'Black-backed Oriole' is what it
should consistently be called.

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html