Well done to Harvey Perkins your T shirt will be
posted to you tomorrow first thing ......
Hmmmmm now to make it really hard? a sporting bird
question I think?
<> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:44:28 +1100
> To: John Gamblin <>
> From: Harvey Perkins <>
> Subject: Re: birding-aus Christmas Contest number 3
> ....
>
> John,
>
> Depending on whether you are talking about numbers
> of individual birds or
> numbers of species...
>
> 1a How many birds are mentioned in this song?
>
> There are 6 species mentioned:
> Swans (7)
> Geese (6)
> Calling (coli) birds (4)
> French Hens (3)
> Turtledoves (2)
> Partridge (1)
>
> ie 23 birds
>
> (And I hope you don't want the total number referred
> to once you have
> repeated them each time you go up to the twelth
> day!!!)
>
>
>
>
> 1b Which bird lived in the pear tree?
>
> The Partridge
>
>
>
> c. And how many calling hens were there?
>
> None, they were French hens (but there were four
> calling birds)
>
>
>
> Merry Christmas,
>
> Harvey
>
>
>
>
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