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Ira Sanders
Golden CO
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 7:34 AM mblackford <mblackford@fastmail.com> wrote:
--Although the paper says they are planning to "discontinue the possessive (apostrophe -'s,) in patronymic bird names"They are recommending a name change of Saltmarsh sparrow to Peterson's SparrowI'm confused...Maureen BlackfordBoulder County-------- Original message --------From: "tedfl...@gmail.com" <tedfloyd73@gmail.com>Date: 8/14/20 8:52 PM (GMT-07:00)To: Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com>Subject: [cobirds] Re: So Long McCown's Longspur, Hello Thick-billed Longspur--On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 3:03:34 PM UTC-6 wrote:Another thought on these birds named for men (3 women so -honored, all by their first names). I think of the Wilson's Warbler or the Swainson's Thrush as wild creatures. The " 's " implies possession -- and I don't think Wilson owned the warbler or Swainson the thrush. How about eliminating all the " 's " from those names?Hello, Hugh et al.For more (much more!) on this matter, see p. 38 ff. here ("Discontinue use of the possessive ("apostrophe–s") in patronymic bird names"):
http://checklist.americanornithology.org/assets/proposals/PDF/2019-A.pdf
Enjoy!Ted FloydLafayette, Boulder County
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