Although the paper says they are planning to "discontinue the possessive
(apostrophe -'s,) in patronymic bird names"They are recommending a name change
of Saltmarsh sparrow to Peterson's SparrowI'm confused... Maureen
BlackfordBoulder County
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<[email protected]> Date: 8/14/20 8:52 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Colorado Birds
<[email protected]> Subject: [cobirds] Re: So Long McCown's Longspur,
Hello Thick-billed Longspur On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 3:03:34 PM UTC-6
wrote:
Another thought on these birds named for men (3 women so -honored, all by
their first names). I think of the Wilson's Warbler or the Swainson's Thrush as
wild creatures. The " 's " implies possession -- and I don't think Wilson owned
the warbler or Swainson the thrush. How about eliminating all the " 's " from
those names?Hello, Hugh et al.For more (much more!) on this matter, see p. 38
ff. here ("Discontinue use of the possessive (“apostrophe–s”) in patronymic
bird
names"):http://checklist.americanornithology.org/assets/proposals/PDF/2019-A.pdfEnjoy!Ted
FloydLafayette, Boulder County
Hugh Kingery
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