This month's mystery photograph (plate 229 on page 621) is obviously of a small passerine with an insectivore's bill. The bird is clearly in very bright light and very deep shade, so that its photographic appearance is a combination of underexposure and overexposure, giving false tones and contrast. We must, therefore, concentrate on structure and pattern rather than colour. The mystery bird has a r
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