Fair enough then, it must be very widespread to appear there and I'm
surprised I haven't seen it before. Although I don't know why anyone
would add an extra "i" into an abbreviation. I'd certainly say that
BiFCuS is misleading, however I will not be mislead again, not by that
one anyway.
Peter Shute
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Bird Names BFCS
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>
> Dear all,
>
> In my first edition (1981) Macquarie Dictionary there is an
> entry "Bifcus"
> Colloq. a black-faced cuckoo-shrike [from the letters BFCS].
>
>
> Shirley Cook
> Secretary/Treasurer
> Birds Australia (Northern NSW)
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