>Then, reading Travels of William Bartram, I discovered his fabulous bird list
>full of total mysteries like Turdus minimus, "the least golden crown thrush." So
>I ordered Obsolete English Names of North American Birds and Their Modern
>Equivalents, from USFWS (Resource Publication 174).

Details like this is why we all love tweeters, pun pollution and all, right?

>hey, hey, it has

>titlark = pipit, water (Anthus spinoletta)

WOW! That's cool.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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