Well thanks. At last I've learned something from all this tick-discussing
nonsense. For years (after having read some article about them, I've
wondered what a flufftail was. Not too much or I would have found out from
somewhere. now we have it: Flufftails (genus Sarothura, a particularly
difficult group of African rails).
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To: Margaret Cameron <>
Cc: Penny Drake-Brockman <>;
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Date: Thursday, 21 October 1999 7:05
Subject: Re: birding-aus to tick or not to tick
>Margaret Cameron wrote:
>>
>> The famous John McKean once told me with his face perfectly straight that
>> he was keeping a list of rare birds eaten eg Freckled Duck jaffles, and
of
>> some rare wader in Darwin "I made a little delicacy for Hilary"
>>
>> but I didn't believe him! And please don't copy the idea!
>>
>> Margaret
>>
>> >
>> >But surely with all those sophisticated programmes people now have, one
can
>> >itemise one's sightings between living, heard living, dead - whether
>> >drowned/squashed/half eaten/shot or whatever, shown by the expert, and
all
>> >those other definitions of a "sighting". Endless variation for people
with
>> >nothing better to do than manipulate their lists!
>> >
>> >Joking of course.......
>
>I once asked one of South Africas leading birders if he had seen all 8
>of the Flufftails (genus Sarothura, a particularly difficult group of
>African rails). Seen them all he said, I've eaten the all! Apparently
>when collecting specimens for museums he would always eat a portion and
>now had a huge list of 'eaten' birds.
>Ian Lewis, Dorset UK
>
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