g'day All,
On some occasions I have spent up to 15 minutes
looking for the common name on the form.
[ The older I get, the more visual (and perhaps mental)
blocks I seem to get ! ]
But I am sure that it has happened to every Atlasser at
some time ?
With the help of the Atlassing crew at Birds Australia,
and a computer literate neighbour who reformatted the BA list, I now have a 2
page index of the names printed in Alphabetical Sequence with a
cross-reference to the line number where it is listed on the Atlas
Form.
Here is a cut and paste extract from one column of
the Index:
238 |
Heathwren, Shy
|
48 |
Heron,
Nankeen Night |
43 |
Heron, Pied
|
47 |
Heron, Striated
|
39 |
Heron,
White-faced |
42 |
Heron,
White-necked |
72 |
Hobby, Australian |
303 |
Honeyeater,
Banded |
299 |
Honeyeater, Bar-breasted |
287 |
Honeyeater, Black-chinned |
292 |
Honeyeater, Black-headed |
267 |
Honeyeater, Blue-faced |
293 |
Honeyeater,
Brown |
289 |
Honeyeater, Brown-headed |
294 |
Honeyeater, Crescent |
304 |
Honeyeater,
Dusky |
284 |
Honeyeater,
Fuscous |
283 |
Honeyeater, Grey-fronted |
281 |
Honeyeater,
Grey-headed |
i.e. the Nankeen Night Heron is the 48th bird on the
form.
I have a manually marked up an Atlas Record Form with the
line number for every 5th name.
The Index is available as an EXCEL attachment.
Please e-mail me if you would like a
copy.
For those who do not have Excel, mail me a stamped
self-addressed envelope for a copy.
My preferred size is 220mm X 110mm.
Regards.... Bob Forsyth
Mail............ PO Box 933, Mount Isa, Qld,
4825 E-mail........ m("topend.com.au","isabirdo");">Phone.......
(07) 4743-3210 Heat........... is just a state of mind ! (but
cold is for real !)
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