Dear Friends,

I have temporarily ceased entering my data on the Galbulidae to deal with several other matters. My friend,Marek Kuziemko, of Poland, pointed out to me that I had missed entering the citations and synonyms for Glaucidium brodiei and Bubo virginianus. I've fixed both; and fixing the Great Horned Owl entry turned out to be a great adventure. If you want to see the comprehensive results, put Bubo virginianus in the search term and be sure to hit the Citations, Synonyms etc line. There is a massive wealth of data and explanation there. I had begun a revision of the Certhia species. I'll return to these.  I have also been working on a paper that will show that the account by Short and Horne in HBW,vol.7 in relation to Pteroglossus torquatus,Pteroglossus sanguineus and Pteroglossus erythropygius is unmitigated bullshit.

Enjoy! and tell your friends.

John Penhallurick