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Sulfur/Sulphur:Correct spelling of Element 16

To: "Jim Smart" <>, <>
Subject: Sulfur/Sulphur:Correct spelling of Element 16
From: "Tim Murphy" <>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:08:33 +1000
Just to complicate things further - a scan of the current Clements list of birds of the world gave:
Sulphur-winged Parakeet, Yellow-crested Cockatoo  C. sulphurea, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Yellow-throated Tinkerbird  P. subsulphureus, Sulphur-bearded Spinetail  C. sulphurifera, Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin  N. sulphureiventer, Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet, Yellow-olive Flycatcher  T. sulphurescens, Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher  M. sulphureipygius, Sulphury Flycatcher  T. sulphurea, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee  P. sulphuratus, Golden-bellied Gerygone  G. sulphurea, Sulphur-bellied Whistler  P. sulfuriventer, Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike  T. sulfureopectus, Sulphur-billed Nuthatch  S. oenochlamys, Sulphur-bellied Bulbul  I. palawanensis, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Sulphur-breasted Warbler, Brimstone Canary  S. sulphuratus,  Yellow Bunting  E. sulphurata, Sulphur-rumped Tanager, and Sulphur-throated Finch.
 
However, there is also:
Keel-billed Toucan  R. sulfuratus, Sulphur-bellied Whistler  P. sulfuriventer, and Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike  T. sulfureopectus.  [All scientific names and two in both lists]
 
One of those birds is on the US list. Google gives 3640 hits for Sulphur-bellied flycatcher, 58 for Sulfur-bellied flycatcher.
 
"A rose by ...."
 
The only thing I conclude to this is that it is time I went back to South America.
 
With apologies
 
Tim Murphy
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