Monthly marathon

01 September 2005
Comments Other In Monthly Marathon photo number 215 (Brit. Birds 98: plate 115, repeated here as plate 307), we can see a small bird perched at the edge of a pool or puddle, but the overall brownish coloration of its plumage means that it does not really stand out ag...
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Monthly marathon

01 September 1989
Comments Other It is very hard for a competition compiler to assess whether a particular puzzle is easy or difficult. He or she may think that the solution is glaringly obvious (or impossibly difficult), but the entrants may not spot the essential clue, or may see so...
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Seventy-five years ago...

01 September 1989
Comments Other Personally, I should find it much easier to believe that the corn-drill was partly responsible, for its effect would be to limit the number of possible breeding-sites; only it does not appear from the information received that any considerable proporti...
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