I wholly agree with Martin Woodcock and Chris Smout's defence of the reputation of Arthur Newstead, and also their suggestion that once the unsupported implication of fraud is removed, there seems little reason to regard the Cheshire record of Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta as other than genuine (Melling 2008; Brit. Birds 101: 211213). Tim Melling's appended justification of the BOURC's positi
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