rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising) (03/31/88)
In the most recent CONDOR, Robert Zink presents evidence for splitting the brown towhee into two species, the "California" towhee and the other one, and retaining the Abert's towhee as a full species. The Mexican White-throated Towhee is a subspecies of the "brown" (not Cal.) towhee in this scheme. I havn't seen anything new on the gnatcatchers, but it is suggested that differences in morphology and song suggest that the Cal "Black-tailed" and "Plumbeous" gnatcatchers be split. It is also suggested that the "green-backed" and "dark-backed" "Lesser" goldfinches are different species -- but that hoary and common redpolls aren't (I'd vote for the latter). Stand in one place, and watch your life list change before your eyes! --Jim Rising -- Name: Jim Rising Mail: Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1 UUCP: {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!rising
dmark@sunybcs.UUCP (David Mark) (04/13/88)
In article <1988Mar31.130432.10308@utzoo.uucp> rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising) writes (among other things): > >Stand in one place, and watch your life list change before your eyes! > >--Jim Rising Hey, Jim. Wanna help write: "Birding of the Life List Futures Market"? David Mark, dmark@joey.cs.buffalo.edu