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Re: Seeking information.

To: (Glen Ingram)
Subject: Re: Seeking information.
From: Hugo Phillipps <>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:44:23 +1000 (EST)
At 00:24 16/05/1997 +1000, you wrote:
>I found this very interesting. Does anyone know where the 'blackish" the
>Americans are mentioning comes from?
>Glen Ingram

Some fungal smut mixed with nectar?  Just guessing, but it brings up the
question of the ecology of these eucalypts abroad without most of their
evolved associated fauna.  Are American warblers trying (albeit clumsily,
without the right beak shapes, tongue lengths and brushes, or naked faces)
to get the nectar ?

Cheers,  Hugo.

Hugo Phillipps,
Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison,
Australian Bird Research Centre,
415 Riversdale Road,
Hawthorn East, VIC 3123, Australia.
Tel: +61 3 9882 2622. Fax: +61 3 9882 2677.
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