A few years ago I came across "A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names" by James Jobling in a half-price store for five bucks. Somebody must have goofed, because suddenly everybody wanted one, and prices on the internet exceeded a hundred dollars. It's still expensive, but Jobling has apparently donated a new 2015 edition to the "Handbook of Birds of the World" for use on-line, with many newer entries, and more detail since space was not an issue. It's well worth using. The hardbound book has brief definitions (for example, the name Setophaga that is used for many of our wood warblers means "moth eater") but Crotophaga, the genus for the anis, defined as "glutton of ticks" in the hardbound edition, in the electronic one has a longer entry: see http://www.hbw.com/dictionary/key-to-scientific-names-in-ornithology?name=crotophaga So if you're curious about scientific names of birds, this web resource is a treat... Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]