[leps-talk] English has become the lingua franca

[Chris J. Durden]

I agree. That is why I picked it as an example.
................Chris

At 10:20 AM 5/9/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Chris, the point is that Baltimore Oriole is a good name.  When it was
>lumped with the Bullocks the name was still good - a good valid sub species
>name.  We have many cases like that in the birding world.  When it was
>resplit is was still a good name.  The Baltimore Oriole has remained a good
>name for the bird inspite of the taxonomic changes.  It has withstood these
>changes.
>
>That is the point I have been trying to make.
>
>Barb



 
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