Michael,

Ever heard of probability theory??

Gene.


At 11:29 AM 9/13/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
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>Gene Hunn writes:
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>>re. Mike Price's warning about possible confusion of late Western Kingbirds
>>with Tropical/Couch's. Nearly every record of Tropical (presumably) Kingbird
>>for the west coast are of birds at or very near the coast, typically after
>>mid-October through November. A "Tropical" east of the Cascades might more
>>likely prove to be a Couch's!
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>And Michael rises to the bait for his annual rant on the subject of
>identification by assumption and the resultant distortion of the record-base.
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>Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
>Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
>mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
> Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
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