Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utai.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utai!gh From: gh@utai.UUCP (Graeme Hirst) Newsgroups: net.rec.birds Subject: Re: how do you spell House ____? Message-ID: <653@utai.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 14:00:15 EDT Article-I.D.: utai.653 Posted: Sun Aug 11 14:00:15 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 14:41:38 EDT References: <491@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 11 > We used to call House Finches, Purple Finches. > Geoff House finches and purple finches are different species. The house finch is smaller and has a different song; the male purple finch has a much richer color. See Petersen's Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies, page 270 (4th edition), for more details. (I assume the West-of-the-Rockies edition also lists them.) -- \\\\ Graeme Hirst University of Toronto Computer Science Department //// utcsri!utai!gh / gh.toronto@csnet-relay / 416-978-8747