Some name changes have been even more recent.? My Peterson's eastern guide (1980), Peterson's western guide (1990), and American Bird Conservancy guide (1997), all have the name "oldsquaw" for what we now call long-tailed duck.

Jason Hernandez



Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 17:13:53 -0800
From: Roger Moyer <rogermoyer1 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Of old field guides annnd bird names.
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This
afternoon with the weather being rather damp I pulled out a field guide
someone gave me last summer. I hadn't really looked at it until now.? I
don't expect there are many of this guide still in circulation as it is
of over 100 years old. It's is copyright 1906 & 1909. It is called
BIRD GUIDE Land Birds East of the Rockies, from Parrots to Bluebirds by
Chester Reed. It is coming apart a bit but the pages are still nice to
look at.

Just a couple of interesting name differences.? CANADA
JAY is now GRAY JAY, ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER is the BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKER.? The name changes for one bird I find most interesting is
what then was the FLORIDA JAY.? It went from that to SCRUB JAY to
FLORIDA SCRUB JAY.? It is interesting how names can go in sort of a
circle.

Cheers

Roger Moyer
Chehalis, Wa

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