Bristol Birders, I have often wondered who some of our North American species of birds were named for. Some are well-known ornithologists (Audubon's, Wilson's) but there are many more species that I had no idea who they were named for. While researching Joseph Sabine I ran across the following link and thought I would share it: http://www.uiowa.edu/~nathist/Site/whatsinabioscontents.html Good Birding, Ed Talbott Buchanan County Bird Club ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****