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......... And then the name sensibly changed to
"Magpie-lark". Because there was no need for the
"Australian" to add uneccesarry syllables to the name, as no other
bird elsewhere is called "something Magpie-lark".
-----Original Message-----
From:
Brian Fleming <>
To:
<>
Date:
Wednesday, 1 October 2003 18:41
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS]
Re:Young magpie Diet
John Gamblin kindly forwarded a
very useful diet sheet.
Just one point for non-South Australians
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'Murray Magpies' are really what Victorians call Mudlarks. The
ignorant
folk in NSW call them Peewees, and the birdbooks name them
'Australian
Magpie-larks.' (actually according to the DNA-smiths they are
aberrant
monarch-flycatchers.)
Anthea Fleming
who still calls the
Grey Fantail 'Cranky Fan'.
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