Letters

01 August 1983
Comments Letters The origin of 'twitcher'. Richard Porter (Brit. Birds 75: 537) has traced 'twitcher' back to 1968, but what were 'people who chase rare birds' called before that? My recollection is that before the Second World War they were known as 'pot-hunters', and...
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Letters

01 December 1946
Comments Letters SIRS,--Writing in British Birds (antea, p . 214) on t h e question of the soft parts coloration in the Crested Tit (Parus cristatus) I made reference to having examined in t h e course of my studies "some dozens" of specimens. I t is now evident t h a t m...
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