I remember we had a similar thread on birding-aus several years ago.
At the time I suggested that for an arbitrary order which would stay the
same regardless of taxonomically inspired changes of order, why not have an
alphabetical arrangement by families. (The families are the most stable
aspect of taxonomy, on average, ie ducks are obviously ducks, button-quail
are obviously buttonquail &c). It would be stable, but would make for some
strange plates in field-guides!
cheers
John L
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John Leonard (Dr)
http://www.webone.com.au/~jleonard
PO Box 243, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia
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