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From: sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee)
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Subject: Yellow-legged Gull
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Date: 7 Nov 90 19:38:32 GMT
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I heard a rumor that Yellow-legged Gull (L. (argentatus) cachinnans, I assume)
has been split off from Herring Gull (L. argentatus) in Europe.

For European birders :
Can anybody confirm?
If yes, what is the authority in Europe that decided these things ? Does the
BOU assume authority for the entire Western Palaearctic?
Where is this kind of stuff published?
Does L. cachinnans include *all* yellow-legged subspecies of L.argentatus,
e.g. L.a. michahellis as well as L.a. cachinnans ?

For American birders :
I've heard there have been records of Yellow-legged Gull in Maryland this
summer. Can anybody confirm?

(Just to make sure : I'm NOT talking about Yellow-FOOTED Gull (L.livens),
which is a recent split off Western Gull, and a summer visitor to the
Salton Sea).

Daan Sandee                                           sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045