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birding-aus Christmas Contest number 3 .... geez I can't even trick them

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Subject: birding-aus Christmas Contest number 3 .... geez I can't even trick them?
From: John Gamblin <>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:01:25 -0800 (PST)
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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