I will respond to the message copied below.
You tell them by telling them. That is how my input on the Regent
Honeyeater's vocal mimicry of wattlebirds etc. got in, plus I think, a few
other ideas. Ken was working on the text of the next edition (a few years
ago) at the BOCA office and I was using the library. I was there at the
right time I guess. We talked about it and it went straight into the text
(abbreviated of course). Simple. I suppose it helps to have some consistent
evidence. As for Raven's eye colour, I would have thought it correct (it is
consistent with what I've seen) that young Ravens have brown eyes. For
example over the last two years, Australian Ravens have raised three broods
in my (rather large eucalypt in my rather small) Canberra backyard (plus
many others encountered over the years). Of course some may be different.
There is such a thing as genetic variation you know, we can't expect every
individual to match the typical. As for updates of the S & D book, we can't
complain, it has been through so many revisions since 1984, it is almost
like Microsoft products. Compare that to Cayley's "WBIT?", that decades
later, is still much the same as the original.
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From: Atriplex Services <>
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Date: Monday, 11 October 1999 9:02
Subject: [Fwd: birding-aus RFI Corvids]
>G'day all.
>With Paul's permission I'm forwarding this exchange to the list, in case
>anyone has anything to contribute.
>Cheers
>Anne
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> My confusion was caused by the fact that my field guide (Simpson and Day)
says birds under one year old have brown eyes, not blue. Is the guide wrong?
If your birds also have blue eyes it seems they are. How do we tell the
editors, for future editions?
> Regards
Almost certainly, read yes! I am a S&D disciple, refer to the recent
field guide debate!, however their pictures can be fairly ordinary,
particularly seabirds and young raptors. However, I find every field
guide I have picked up has very little, often wrong info on young
birds, sexing adults etc. It seems to me with a little effort and
collaboration with Danny ROgers etc this could all be wiped out.
As for how to tell them, ????????????????????????????
Happy birding,
Paul
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Division of Botany and Zoology
School of Life Sciences
Australian National University
Canberra, A.C.T.
Australia 0200
Ph: +61 6 249 2536
Fax: +61 6 249 5573
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