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Old Monday 23rd June 2008, 21:52   #1
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Old Monday 23rd June 2008, 21:54   #2
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I was gonna ask - where are we placing vegae? Euro or American?

On that note, what authority/ies are we following?
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Old Monday 23rd June 2008, 22:12   #3
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I was gonna ask - where are we placing vegae? Euro or American?

On that note, what authority/ies are we following?
closer to American genetically, I follow European authorities

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For taxonomy, the concensus of Clements and Howard & Moore. In other words, we let things be unless there is a concensus between the two for changing them.

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Check out BOU website and look at their interpretation of the whole 'Herring Gull' complex. It's under Taxonomic Changes - Fourth Report
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