Someone has now forwarded me a copy of the article. Thanks to that person, and
everyone.
Peter Shute
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> On 27 Apr 2015, at 4:02 pm, Peter Shute <> wrote:
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> Well done me for leaving out the subject line. It should be as above.
>
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 27 Apr 2015, at 2:54 pm, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>>
>> I'm wondering if anyone here has access to the first British Birds article
>> listed on this page:
>> http://www.britishbirds.co.uk/article/british-birds-may-2012/
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately only the abstract is listed there, but I'd like to track down
>> the full article. This is the abstract:
>> What the eye doesn't see: the prevalence of fraud in ornithology Andrew
>> Harrop, Martin Collinson and Tim Melling broach one of the thorniest topics
>> in birding. They suggest that there is a tendency to see examples of fraud
>> in ornithology as rare aberrations. Their paper outlines some known and
>> suspected historical examples of fraud, and argues that fraud of one kind or
>> another has occurred more or less consistently, if uncommonly, in
>> ornithology. Although most of the examples discussed are from Britain, it is
>> likely that similar examples could be found in the archives of many nations.
>> It is also likely that small-scale fraud continues today and is something
>> that the ornithological community should be aware of. In particular, this
>> has implications for the level of proof required by those assessing records
>> of rarities.
>>
>> Peter Shute
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