If any of you remain interested in decoding the 4-letter code systems (reference perhaps for field work or maybe for those "refuse to use the full name" Tweeters postings), they can be found at:
http://www.pwrc.nbs.gov/bbl/manual/aspeclst.htm

Jennifer


Jennifer Seavey
Ecologist
EDAW, Inc
Seattle Washington
(206) 622-1176
email: SeaveyJ at edaw.com
web page: www.edaw.com

>>> Diane Bag??s <dbagues at teleport.com> 05/01/00 11:33PM >>>
Re: the abbreviations: Where can one find rules for handing the
potentially confusing combinations, such as Heermans vs. Herring gulls?

Diane Bagues
Milwaukie, Oregon
dbagues at teleport.com