Subject: Re: AOU Check-list Changes (still long)
Date: Mar 11 10:46:55 1996
From: Eugene Hunn - hunn at u.washington.edu


If it's not been split (and apparently they didn't get to it) then it's
with maculatus as the eastern form hardly gets into ne Mexico.

Gene.

On Sun, 10 Mar 1996 Mikewile at aol.com wrote:

> Thanks, Jon for the update. Do you or any other TWEETS know what happened to
> the Mexican Olive Backed Towhee (used to be P. erythropthalmus macronyx).
> Does it go with maculatus,erythropthalmus, or become a new species?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Wile
> Redmond, WA
>
> In a message dated 96-03-10 20:57:23 EST, you write:
>
> >Gene,
> >
> >Being's I'm too lazy to sort out Mexican from Central American from Texican
> >species (and because some of these feathered critters go from one part of
> the
> >continent to the other *through* Mexico), I'll just do a quick summary of
> the
> >21 pages of the darned thing.
> >
> >Jon. Anderson
> >Olympia, Washington
> >festuca at olywa.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >p 684 Split Piplio erythrophthalmus into P. erythrophthalmus EASTERN TOWHEE,
> >P. maculatus SPOTTED TOWHEE (for maculatus and socorroensis groups).
> >
> >
>