For those interested in lists, the AOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature has issued a new list of proposed revisions of the AOU Check-list. See it at http://www.aou.org/committees/nacc/proposals/pending.php Based on a quick scan, new species proposed for recognition include (at last) the western form of winter wren as Troglodytes pacificus, a new red crossbill species limited to a small area in Idaho, the South Hills Red Crossbill Loxia sinesciurus, and a two-way or three-way split in the western scrub jay genus Aphelocoma, to include Woodhouse's scrub-jay and perhaps Sumichrast's scrub-jay. There are many nomenclatural proposals, too, but for accumulative listers who've paid close attention over the years there is potential good news. It's been a long time since anything's been lumped! 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]