Changes to the Check-List of North American Birds have appeared, and are on the AOU site at http://www.aou.org/checklist/suppl/AOU_checklist_suppl_48.pdf Decisions of interest include: 1) the genus name of belted kingfisher and ringed kingfisher is changed to Megaceryle; 2) the Cathartidae (vultures, condor) have been moved back, from their brief stay among the Ciconiiformes (herons, egrets, ibises, storks) to Falconiformes (raptors) again. 3) The bean goose, an accidental species in N. America, has been split into two species, both of which have occurred here. 4) A newly-split Cuban Black-Hawk may figure into several Florida records. 5) Rec-footed falcon F. vespertinus is added to the list based on the 2004 occurrence in Massachusetts. 6) Larus michahellis (including atlantis) is split from L. cachinnans, and involves occurrences of yellow-legged gull in the US and Canada. 7) The Committee offers the opinion that the sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) "seems to be on the way to establishment" in Florida. 8) Among other taxonomic changes considered, but not settled, was splitting black scoter (Melanitta nigra) and white-winged scoter (M. fusca) into two species apiece. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]