ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT 



Most of the abbreviations used in the text are in standard use and will be 

 known to the reader; a few may be less farailar. These are listed below with a 

 brief indication of their interpretation. 



N, S, E, W, 

 N. , S., E., 



ac 



ad. 



AOU 



BOU 



BLM 



ca 



CBC 



cf . 



coll. 



comp . 



Co. 



CSLP 



EBBA 



et. seq. 



ha 



IBBA 



imm. 



in litt. 



in prep. 



ns 



n 



Natl. Park 



Natl. Seasho 



nonad . 



NWR 



op. cit. 



Par. 



pers. coram. 



pers. observ 



photogr. 



prep. 



SD 



spec . 



sp./spp. 



St. Park 



subad . 



subseq . 



unpubl . 



USFWS 



WAGBI 



WMA 



(capitalized without period) 

 W. (capitalized with period) 



re 



compass directions 

 geographic site designation (e 

 S. Padre Island) 



acre 



adult 



American Ornithologists' Union 



British Ornithologists' Union 



Bureau of Land Management 



(circa) about 



Christmas Bird Count 



(confer) compare/see 



collected 



compiler 



County 



Center for Short-lived Phenomena 



Eastern Bird Banding Association 



and the following 



hectare 



Inland Bird Banding Association 



immature 



in the letters (of) 



in preparation 



manuscript 



sample size 



National Park 



National Seashore 



nonadult 



National Wildlife Refuge 



(opere citato) in the work cited 



Parish 



personal communication 



personal observation 



photographed 



preparer 



Standard Deviation 



specimen 



species (sing./plu.) 



State Park 



subadult 



subsequent 



unpublished 



United States Fish and Wildlife Service 



Waterfowlers Association of Great Britain and Ireland 



Wildlife Management Area 



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