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 February 1964 Comments Letters 'Industrial' discoloration of House Sparrows Sirs,--I was rather interested in Ian Woodward's suggestion (Brit. Birds, 56: 470-471), following my note on 'industrial' discoloration of House Sparrows Passer domestkus {Brit. Birds, 56: 296-297), that white ...
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