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The following message from the Ornithological Societies of North America may
be of interest to members of this list.  It represents a significant step
forward in making the AOU checklist more accessible and useful.  I believe
that the service is free to all, at least I was not asked for my member
number when I clicked on the link.
The online checklist includes all the birds of the AOU area, which now
includes Central America.  Central American species are interdigitated among
the North American species in taxonomic order.  There does not seem to be
any quick and easy way to separate them and that may be annoying to some
users whose interests lie strictly among birds that regularly occur north of
the Mexican border.

There is a link to the Birds of North American account of the target bird.
 BNA is a subscription service managed by the Laboratory of Ornithology.
 The subscription is included as a perk for AOU members, which is another
good reason for joining.

Cheers,

Bob


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From: OSNA Member Services <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Subject: New web page for AOU Check-list
To: [log in to unmask]


 The AOU is pleased to announce a new web page for the Check-list of North
and Middle American Birds ( http://aou.org/checklist/north/). The check-list
is now in a searchable database. Users can browse the full list of species
as well as search by scientific/common name, family, or order. They can also
download the entire list or their search results in an Excel compatible text
file. Species names in the search results table are linked to the respective
Birds of North America account ( http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/), if an
account is available online.

The new check-list page also has a link to the committee's main web
page (http://aou.org/committees/nacc/index.php3),
the 7th Check-list and supplements, pending and prior proposals, and
guidelines for submitting a proposal.




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Robert D Powell
Congress Farm Research Institute
Wilmington, OH, USA
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