96-03-05, Dennis Paulson writes:

>All but the first are changed to agree with the official British
>Ornithologists' Union names. No Great Northern Divers or Sand Martins
>(yet).

...likewise, the smaller 'skuas' remain 'jaegers'. Could anyone explain the
origin and why for the name 'jaeger' here (AOU) as opposed to 'skua' in BOU ?
Not sure just why, but I prefer the usage of jaeger here for our birds
rather than lumping the whole group as skuas. Just a personal preference, I
suppose.

Richard Rowlett <pagodroma at aol.com>
Bellevue, WA, USA