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|           Information About the AviSys Bandcode           |
|                  Data File BANDCODE.AVI                   |
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*  You can print this file with the DOS command 
*  "COPY BANDCODE.TXT PRN" or open it in NotePad
*  and print it from there. If you wish to import this 
*  file into your word processor for viewing or printing,
*  select a font that is not proportionally spaced, such as
*  Courier 10 CPI, or Line Printer 10CPI.  Be sure you set 
*  the margins narrow enough so that the lines don't wrap, 
*  typically 1/2" for both top, bottom, and side margins.
*  Select left, not full, justification.
*
*  The bandcode file BANDCODE.AVI can be in either the main 
*  AviSys directory, such as C:\AVI4, or in a data set
*  directory, such as C:\AVI4\JOHN. If there is a band code
*  file in both directories, the one in the main directory
*  will be used.
*
*  Thus, to have customized bandcode files for separate 
*  data sets, remove, or rename, the file in the main 
*  directory.
*
*     ----|||  Band Code File BANDCODE.AVI Format  |||----
*
*  All entries must be a four letter code, followed by a space,
*  followed by a species name spelled exactly as in the Master
*  Checklist, including hyphens.  "hafl hammond's flycatcher"
*
*  All entries must be in lower case, except for comment text.
*
*  There must be no blank lines.
*
*  Any line beginning with an * is ignored by AviSys.
*
*  An * following a bird name denotes the beginning of a comment 
*  about that entry. Ex: "auwa audubon's warbler * Sub-species"
*
*  The list must be alphabetic by the first character of the code;
*  thus, all the a...'s must be together, followed by the b...'s,
*  etc.  Sequence within those groups is unimportant. 
*
*  You may create your own codes.  For instance, you could create
*  the entry "mour mourning dove".  Both the existing "modo" and 
*  "mour" would work to take you to that species. 
*
*  You may not, however, create duplicate codes; only the first 
*  of the duplicate codes in the list would work.  For example, 
*  you should not create the entry "modo molotov dotterel", 
*  because it conflicts with "modo mourning dove".  Create a new
*  code using the following non-standard rationale, such as 
*  "mold molotov dotterel".
*
*  The band codes used in AviSys are those established by the 
*  U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
*  Bird Banding Laboratory.
*
*  Unique F&WS codes for sub-species and intergrades (used by 
*  bird banders) have been removed from the AviSys file in the 
*  interest of saving computer resource and improving look-up 
*  speed.  Additionally, bird names in the F&WS list that have 
*  been obsoleted by AOU name changes, splits, and lumps, have 
*  been replaced with new, appropriate codes and names.  
*  Bird banders may need to re-enter some of those entries.
*  Species that do not occur in North America or Hawaii have 
*  been removed from the file.
*
*               ----|||  Non-standard Codes  |||----
*
*  The rationale for the standard codes is covered in detail 
*  in the AviSys Version 4.0 Manual, Chapter 1, The Fundamentals.
*
*  The number of non-standard codes is relatively small.  
*  Of the 980 codes in the AviSys bandcode file, 106 are 
*  non-standard in construction, and most of those are 
*  unusual birds.
*
*  The following is the rationale for the non-standard codes 
*  that were established because of conflicts created by similar
*  bird names:
*
*  In the case of code conflict between two normally occurring 
*  N.A. species, a "three and one rule" has been applied where 
*  the first three letters of the first word are combined with 
*  the first letter of the last word.  An example of a conflict
*  for the code "basp":
*
*                         "bacs bachman's sparrow"
*                         "bais baird's sparrow"
*
*  However, where the code conflict is between a normally 
*  occurring N.A. species and a vagrant, the normal code is 
*  retained for the normally occurring species, and the 
*  "three and one" rule is applied to the vagrant.  Example:
*
*                         "brsp brewer's sparrow"
*                         "banp band-rumped storm-petrel"
*
*  A small number of code conflicts are not solved by the above
*  rules, or create additional code conflicts when the rules are
*  applied.  For those species, code combinations were selected 
*  to make the species as recognizable as possible.  
*  The following are all such entries in the file:   
*
*                         "btyw black-throated gray warbler"
*                         "btnw black-throated green warbler"
*                         "blbw blackburnian warbler"
*                         "blpw blackpoll warbler"
*
*                         "bluh blue-throated hummingbird"
*                         "btlh broad-tailed hummingbird"
*                         "bblh broad-billed hummingbird"
*                         "bufh buff-bellied hummingbird"
*
*                         "grak gray kingbird"
*                         "gkis great kiskadee"
*                         "gkin green kingfisher"
*
*                         "gtbh great blue heron"
*                         "gnbh green-backed heron"
*
*                         "lhsp leach's storm-petrel"
*                         "ltsp least storm-petrel"
*
*  The next page contains all the non-standard band code entries
*  in the AviSys bandcode data file BANDCODE.AVI.

bahs - bahama swallow                   hawa - hawaiian hawk
bais - baird's sparrow                  labd - labrador duck
banp - band-rumped storm-petrel         lafl - la sagra's flycatcher
barr - barred owl                       lanw - lanceolated warbler
barg - bar-tailed godwit                larb - lark bunting
bars - barn swallow                     lazb - lazuli bunting
bblh - broad-billed hummingbird         left - lesser frigatebird
blag - black-tailed godwit              lhsp - leach's storm-petrel
blbw - blackburnian warbler             ltsp - least storm-petrel
bgro - blue grouse                      mgwa - macgillivray's warbler
blpw - blackpoll warbler                mkbu - mckay's bunting
bluh - blue-throated hummingbird        monp - mongolian plover
brac - brandt's cormorant               mtqu - montezuma quail
brng - barnacle goose                   moup - mountain plover
broc - bronzed cowbird                  noho - northern hawk owl
bros - broad-billed sandpiper           nohb - northern hobby
bris - british storm-petrel             nsho - northern shoveler
brwx - black-rumped waxbill             nshr - northern shrike
btlh - broad-tailed hummingbird         olco - neotropic cormorant
btnw - black-throated green warbler     oraw - orange-cheeked waxbill
btyw - black-throated gray warbler      ouou - ou
bufh - buff-bellied hummingbird         praw - prairie warbler
bufs - buff-breasted sandpiper          prow - prothonotary warbler
buls - buller's shearwater              rebo - red-footed booby
bwag - black-backed wagtail             riph - ring-necked pheasant
cacw - cactus wren                      rost - roseate tern
canw - canyon wren                      royt - royal tern
carc - caribbean coot                   rsfl - northern flicker
carw - carolina wren                    sags - sage sparrow
calt - california towhee                savs - savannah sparrow
cant - canyon towhee                    sbdd - short-billed dowitcher
cedw - cedar waxwing                    shas - sharp-tailed sandpiper
cerw - cerulean warbler                 shos - short-tailed shearwater
comc - common crane                     slar - slate-throated redstart
corc - corn crake                       spoo - spot-breasted oriole
comg - common greenshank                spos - spoonbill sandpiper
colw - colima warbler                   stro - streak-backed oriole
conw - connecticut warbler              strs - streaked shearwater
comp - common peafowl                   tres - tree swallow
cpoc - common pochard                   trus - trumpeter swan
cwwi - chuck-will's-widow               whip - white-cheeked pintail
grem - green-breasted mango             whos - whooper swan
gkin - green kingfisher                 wpwi - whip-poor-will
gkis - great kiskadee                   ysfl - northern flicker
gnbh - green-backed heron               ywag - yellow wagtail
golw - golden-crowned warbler           zebd - zebra dove
graj - gray jay                         zend - zenaida dove
grak - gray kingbird     *------------------------------------------
grat - gray-backed tern  *  If you frequently record sightings of
graw - gray wagtail      *  species in this list, you may want to  
gref - greater flamingo  *  create standard codes for those species.
grej - green jay         *  For example, you may want to change 
graf - gray francolin    *  "cedw cedar waxwing" to the standard  
gtbh - great blue heron  *  "cewa cedar waxwing".  Make the changes
hard - harlequin duck    *  in the band code data file, BANDCODE.AVI
hawd - hawaiian duck     *  and be sure you check the other codes 
hcro - hawaiian crow     *  to ensure that you aren't creating a 
heeg - heermann's gull   *  duplicate code.  Use a DOS text editor, Note 
herg - herring gull      *  Pad, or ASCII mode in your word processor.