>> Sibley got ahold of an early draft of the AOU Supplement and it must
have used American Magpie for P. hudsonia but the AOU Checklist committee
desided to keep Black-billed Magpie. <<

Ian,

Sibley was obviously working feverishly on taxonomy right up to press
time. Note that he got the Western Spindalis right, but forgot to change
the page header, which still says Stripe-headed Tanager.

Jerry Blinn
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