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01 October 1983 Comments Editorials £l,000-prize 'Mystery Photographs Book' This new book, announced in July {Brit. Birds 76: 287), is published by British Birds on 10th October. The photographs are not all of obscure Asiatic rarities—some are of common birds that occur d...

Points of view. 5. Let's avoid euphemisms

01 October 1983 Comments Editorials I can just about stomach 'land improvement' as a term to describe drainage of waterlogged areas, since, from the farmers' point of view, the land is better for growing crops, which is the purpose of agricultural areas. The euphemistic term 'river impro...

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01 August 1983 Comments Editorials Bill Oddie's new book If you liked Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, you will not hesitate to get his new one, due to be published by Methuen on 22nd September, Called Gone Birding, it costs £6.95 and, by special arrangement with the publis...

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