Hi Tweets

Deb Beutler writes:

> You could go to the original source.

Yes, if the original source were a little more commonly widespread than
frigatebirds. '-)

>The splits were published in a
>recent issue of the Auk, the official publication of the American
>Ornithological Union. I think it was the July 1997 issue but I'm not sure.
>The oriole and scrub-jay splits were published in a previous article in
>1996.

The checklist on the Website was taken from these sources. To quote from its
header:

>Birds of the Continental United States and Canada
>
>This list, which includes 915 birds that have been recorded north of Mexico
>(i.e., Canada and the 49 continental states of the US) incorporates the
>latest AOU changes (41st Supplement to the AOU checklist, Auk, July 1997),
>and is made available by the Baltimore Bird Club.

Deb B. continues:

>I hear that the latest edition of the AOU checklist is at the
>printer's and will be available sometime around January 1998.

Pretty certain it will become available on the Web from the same source when
that happens.

> The Auk is probably only available at a university library or from
>you local ornithologist.

That's 'Your Friendly Neightborhood Ornithologist' '-)

It's because the Auk and such can be hard for non-academics to find that a
Web posting is the ideal way to disseminate it: a good sight easier access,
saves the cost of a photocopier or expensive subscriptions and long waits
for the germane issue having the updates in it.

Michael Price The Sleep of Reason Gives Birth to Monsters
Vancouver BC Canada -Goya
mprice at mindlink.net