Subject: Taxonomic info?
Date: Mar 27 01:57:49 2000
From: pat barbour - patbarb at speakeasy.org


Does anyone know of a reference (web or otherwise) that explains what the
scientific names of the birds are in English? For instance, the Western
Grebe is 'Aechmophorus occidentalis' but it'd be a lot easier to remember if
I had some idea of what the word parts meant. Thanks!

pat barbour
Seattle