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Old 28-10-09, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by astafjevs View Post
Nothing to do with "political correctness"; in 1910, how on Earth were they meant to get a picture of a Hawfinch that wasn't dead?!
How do you explain the "sickly Fulmar" the Merlin being pictured after catching a Song Thrush, Stuffed Sparrowhawks...... I could post nearly all the plates from this book and find fault with all of them.
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