Hi all,
just a note to say hello as I'm a new member of the group in prep for a visit
next year.
I'd just like to add that the hopefully new trend of not killing a new species
for a type specimen as mentioned by L and L Knight was also applied to the
recently discovered Bugun Liocichla in N.E India. In this case however the
apparently very small population of birds was given as the reason for not
killing one. It is considered on current knowledge that the species population
is so small that the killing of even one individual could have an impact on the
survival of the species.
This approach did cause some debate however among the die hard traditionalists
who argued that there was no substitute for a reference specimen.
Advances in DNA technology and digital photography formed the main part of the
counter argument.
Cheers, Andy Adcock, UK
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