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The Bird Stamp Society has been formed to cater for the large number of collectors who specialise in bird stamps and relevant material.

Chairman: Ker Macrosson, Secretary: Graham Hors ran, 9 Swinton Close, 9, Cowley Drive, IPSWICH, Worthy Down IP2 9RL WINCHESTER, "\ 'E on 01473 420132 Hants. SO21 2QW

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PAGE FEATURE AUTHOR 64 NEWSBRIEFS I MINUTES OF THE AGM Secretary

68 MEMBERSHIP DETAILS Secretary

69 BSS ACCOUNTS FOR 1987/99 AND 1988/89 Treasurer

75 "POSTBAG" Members Write

77 HERE AND THERE

80 COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET

85 THE PHILATELIC WORLD

86 AUDUBON - MASTER BIRD PAINTER P J Lanspeary

91 ORNITHOLOGISTS ON STAMPS Ake Eliasson

94 NEW SPECIES FOUND ON CINDERELLA MATERIAL E Reg Jones

101 METERED MAIL

103 BIRD DIARY Roger Chapman

106 DUCK NEWS David Cox

108 RECENT NEW BIRDS IN THE PHILATELIC AVIARY Bruce Cruickshank

111 IDENTIFICATION PARADE Editor et al.

115 NEW ISSUE LISTING Editor et al.

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NEWSBRIEFS By the Secretary

Compared with some quarters the past 3 months has been relatively quiet. There are however a few points worthy of note. A few members have established websites and I have received a few inquiries plus enrolled 3 x new members who got my address from those websites that included my address in the webpage. I have also included the Society's address in a British website in the hope of attracting yet more inquiries.

The AGM The AGM was held in London and it was agreed by the meeting that the Society would attend MIDPEX 2001. Accordingly I have registered the Society for this event. It was also agreed that we would discontinue our membership of the American Topical Association (ATA) and again l have informed the ATA of this decision. For those members who might be a bit disappointed to learn of this decision it was felt that the ATA did not provide any benefit to the Society. Over the years we have failed to recruit one single member as a direct result of our membership and when an article was sent to the ATA (well in advance of the event) advertising BIRDPEX 98, not only was the article published too late but it had been plagiarised in such a way as to be both incorrect and hence misleading.

Forthcoming Events The British Thematic Association (BTA) has invited the Society to participate in a 'Members Meeting at Stamp Show 20002 This event will held in one of the meeting rooms at Earls Court, London on Tuesday 23rd May 2000. The BTA would like to invite members from all Societies to provide informal displays and to explain to other participants what the Society can offer. I have responded to this invitation in a positive manner but in order for the BTA can get things properly organized they need to know by 31st Dec 99 details of those members who would be willing to display a few frames and give a brief talk on both their display and the Society. Any member who feels that they would like to represent the Society at this event is requested to contact me soonest so l can pass the details on to the BTA representative by the due date.

...... Subscriptions ...... There are still a number of members who have still not paid their subscriptions and as is standard practice will not receive this issue, or any further issues, until such time as these subscriptions have been paid. I apologise in advance if any member, shown as having resigned through failure to renew their subscription, has indeed done so in the time between the preparation of these notes and Flight being published. Equally there were 13 x members who double paid their subscriptions, once by standing order and once by cheque. If any member wishes to avail themeselves of the Standing Order facility please contact the Treasurer.

Birdwatching Magazine Winner of 1 x Year's Free Subscription to Birdwatching Magazine. As previously announced, all paid up members names were put into the hat and the draw for the above prize was made at the conclusion of the AGM. The winner was Mr B Linden who has written to me indicating that the first magazine arrived safely. -

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Minutes of the 12th Annual General Meeting of the Bird Stamp Society held on Saturday 25 September 1999 at Islington, London

3 Those Present: jg Mr David Cox, President, Mr Ker Macrosson, Chairman, Mr Harry Wright, Vice-Chairman, Mr Michael

's Petch, Treasurer, Mr Doug Blake, Auction Secretary, Mr Graham Hors ran, Secretary, Mr Robin Martin, >g $ Mr Malcolm Hawkins. 3 Apologies: Mr Tony Wise, Mr Ken Symonds, Mr Roger Chapman The Chairman opened the meeting at 14.10hrs and started by thanking all members of the Committee for their hard efforts over the past year. He also expressed his sympathy at the sad passing on of Derek Underwood who had been an active and enthusiastic Committee member for several years.

Item 1 - Minutes of the Previous Meeting The minutes, having been previously published in Flight, were accepted as a true and accurate record. Proposed: Mr Robin Martin; Seconded: Mr David Cox. Carried. x5

...... Item 2 - Matters Arising It was noted by Mr David Cox that the Accounts for 1998 and 1999 had not ...... appeared in Flight and thus gave no opportunity for the membership to either see or comment on these . . . . . accounts. It was proposed, and agreed, that the accounts for 1999 be published in the Dec 99 issue of . . . Flight and that from here on in all accounts, draft or otherwise must be published in the September ...... issue. There were no other matters arising...... Item 3. Officers' Reports All Committee members had had their reports published in Flight with the . . .E . .. exception of those from the Secretary and Treasurer. The latter report could not have been previously .. . . . published as the audit of the accounts for 1999 had not been completed...... Secretary's Report The secretary reported that the membership had continued to expand and that it was ...... particularly pleasing to see that some of the Junior members had renewed their subscriptions. There .. . were 2 x deaths reported. There were a number of resignations most of which appeared to be from . members whose membership with the Society was less than 2 years. This was of particular concern especially given that both the Packet Scheme and the Auction continued to flourish and that the magazine was felt to be of high quality. The Secretary noted that generally speaking members failed to give any reason for their resignation thus giving the Society no opportunity to rectify/improve matters which gave rise to their resignation in the first place. Finally the Secretary acknowledged the tremendous achievement by Mr David Cox in receiving a Rowland Hill Award for his work for BIRDPEX '98. This was echoed by the meeting.

Treasurer's Report The accounts for 1999 are included in this issue of Flight. The Treasurer reported that the Society was in a healthy financial state and that the auditor had completed the audit with only 1 x minor observation. lt was observed by the auditor that the amounts spent on postage/stationery fluctuated and did not seem representative given that the membership had actually increased. The auditor noted that the amounts spent were higher in 1998 than 1999 yet the membership had increased in 1999. in response to the auditor's comments the Secretary wrote to him explaining that the fluctuations were as a direct result of the way in which the Secretary bought postage/envelopes. The Secretary explained to the m.eeting that postage for Flight amounted to approximately £1000 per annum and approximately 1000 x envelopes were used. In order to save money, all postage was bought at auction as and when suitable lots became available. In 1998 the Secretary purchased, at Auction, £1348 worth of stamps for £1064.50 saving the Society £283.50. in 1998 2500 X envelopes were purchased for less than 1p each. Bulk buying attracted greater discounts. The meeting, and more importantly the auditor, accepted this practice as being both sensible and laudable. The Treasurer concluded that there was no immediate need to increase subscriptions yet at the same time felt that decreasing subscriptions was also not warranted. Both Officers' Reports were accepted unanimously by the meeting.

Item 4 - Election of Officers With the exception of the positions of President and a vacant Committee member post all other posts were voted 'en masse'. The Secretary reported that no names had been submitted for these posts and that all existing incumbents were happy to carry on for another year. The following members were re~elected unopposed:

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Chairman - Mr Ker Macrosson, Vice-Chairman - Mr Harry Wright, Secretary - Mr Graham Hors ran, Editor - Mr Roger Chapman, Treasurer - Mr Michael Petch, Auction Secretary - Mr Doug Blake, Packet Secretary - Mr Tony Wise. Proposed: Mr Robin Martin. Seconded: Mr David Cox.

President The position of President was established at the 8th AGM whereupon Mr David Cox was elected as President to serve for a term of 4 years. His tour of office expired in Aug 99. The meeting re-elected Mr Cox as President to serve a term of 4 years commencing Sep 99. David indicated that he was indeed honoured to be re~elected and duly accepted this position. Proposed: Mr Ker Macrosson. . Seconded: Mr Harry Wright. Carried.

Committee Member: The Secretary indicated that there were 2 x vacancies for Committee Members. The vacancies arose due to the elevation of Mr Ker Macrosson from Committee Member to Chairman and the death of Mr Derek Underwood. The Secretary announced that he had received a nomination to fill one of these vacancies, this being from Mr Malcolm Hawkins. It was proposed by the meeting to accept this nomination. Proposed: Mr Robin Martin. Seconded: Mr Ker Macrosson. Carried.

The Secretary indicated that in order to fill the other vacancy a request would be inserted into the Dec.'99 issue of Flight.

Item 5 - Any Other Business

Attendance at Events It was noted that whilst the Society registered to attend numerous events, it was becoming increasingly difficult to attract volunteers to man the stands, provide displays etc. The meeting confirmed that it remains the Society's intention to attend MIDPEX (held every 2 x years), THEMATICA and at least 1 x ornithological event (both annually) and these events continue to be advertised in Flight. The meeting expressed their gratitude to Mr and Mrs Roy Summers for their sterling efforts at MIDPEX 99.

Membership of Other Organisations The Secretary reported that currently the Society paid membership subscriptions to the American Topical Association (ATA), British Thematic Association (BTA) and the Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS). The total subscriptions paid out per annum varied as the subscriptions to the ABPS were based on the number of adult UK members however the amounts paid out were in excess of £100. The meeting felt that given the enormous amount of help the Society received from both the BTA and ABPS for BIRDPEX '98 it would be both churlish and rude to withdraw our membership at this time. However the meeting did agree to withdraw membership of the ATA on 2 x counts. Firstly membership of the ATA had not directly resulted in any member joining the Society in the last 4 X years. Secondly an article advertising BIRDPEX '98 was submitted well in advance of this event. The publication of the article was late but worse still it had been plagiarised and as a result of this plagiarism was inaccurate and misleading. The meeting agreed to continue membership of the BTA and ABPS but withdraw its membership of the ATA. Afternote: Members should note that the Society does, and will continue to, have its strong links with the Swedish, German and French sister organisations.

New Issues The Secretary noted with interest the Editor's article on new issues and the ever increasing proportion of Flight that this feature occupied. Due to an unexpected illness the Editor was unable to attend the AGM and thus the meeting had no knowledge of any responses that might have been received with regard to this article. After some discussion, whilst it was acknowledged that there was an ever increasing number of new issues hence the inevitable increase in the size of this article it nonetheless provided an invaluable source of information for the membership and thus should be retained in its current format. lt was recommended that the font size could be reduced and that the new issues should not be at the expense of the remainder of the magazine. If the number of pages in the magazine (Editor tries to keep this at a constant 60 x pages) increased then so be it.

Colour Articles The Chairman noted that one of the major observations from the BIRDPEX judges with regard to our Flight entry was that the magazine could be enhanced by having an element of the magazine produced in colour. The Chairman immediately recognised however that the magazine was

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produced for the benefit of the membership and not judges. The Secretary explained that he personally replicated flight during his spare time and that he had an arrangement with his MOD employer to use local facilities at prices that could not be matched elsewhere locally. The current charge per page is 2p. He further explained that he did not have facilities to replicate in colour. However it was recognised that if the Editor had such facilities, or for that matter anyone else, then it might be possible to print the odd page in colour and merge this with the rest of the magazine. No conclusion on this subject was reached.

Bird Stamp Catalogue The President noted that based on previous publication dates, Volume 5 of the Stanley Gibbons Bird Stamp Catalogue was due sometime in 2001. The President informed the meeting that Stanley Gibbons are heavily reliant on Hanne and Jens Eriksen who provided much of the information for the catalogue and that the Eriksens were no longer able to provide this support. There became therefore some doubt as to whether or not Stanley Gibbons would be able to meet a perceived publication date of 2001. It was suggested by the Secretary that he follow this up with Gibbons, this was accepted. Mr Doug Blake indicated that he might be able to help as he had a lot of information on his database relating to new issues since the last publication. Afternote: I spoke to the Editor of Stanley Gibbons Publications who confirmed that the Eriksens would no longer be providing the company with detailed information relating to bird stamps. I put it to him, and he agreed, that by and large the information required in order to produce a new catalogue was already at hand as it was contained in the simplified Commonwealth and World catalogues. Whilst this was acknowledged by the Editor he did express some concern as to the accuracy of the birds' names and he felt that the publication would not be received with any great enthusiasm if the names were consistently incorrect. l informed him that the Society might be in a position to help for which he was grateful; however as yet no further progress has been made on this subject. We did agree however that the format of any new catalogue should follow existing standards i.e. no peace doves, styfised birds, domestic fowl etc. etc.

Life Membership Mr David Cox read to the meeting a citation for Mr Robin Martin indicating that Robin had served the Society in various Committee posts for a vast number of years and, having stepped down as Chairman, had then volunteered to be re-elected for 1998 which, as all most know, was the year in which the Society hosted BIRDPEX '98. David concluded that such service deserved recognition and duly proposed that Robin be granted life membership. Proposed: Mr David Cox. Seconded: Mr Graham Hors ran Carried.

Robin announced that he was extremely honoured to be granted life membership and was extremely proud to have served the Society over a number of years. Afternofe; Robin - cancel your standing order!

Next AGM Mr David Cox felt that whilst the venue of this year's AGM was appropriate the location within the venue was totally inappropriate. This was acknowledged by the Secretary whose responsibility it is to organise the event. It was felt by the meeting that having an all-day event such as that held at Worthy Down for the preceding 3 x years was preferred even though it failed to attract that many members. However given that the attendance at this year's AGM was even less than that forthe previous 3 x years, it was felt that by and large, it mattered not what was organised or where it was. The meeting decided that:

We revert to the all day event, or we hire a room at e major event such as STAMPEX, or we invite any UK-based member to volunteer their services to host and organise the AGM/all-day event.

If there is any member who is willing to take on the 3rd option above please contact the Secretary. Otherwise it will remain the Secretary/'s prerogative to organise the AGM, including its location.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 16.15hrs.

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Membership Details E Death: § It is with deep regret that I have to inform the Society that Mr TRA Lucas died. A letter of condolence has been sent to his widow. Changes of Address: Mr D South, PO Box 20, Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand.634 Mr J Crozier, Les Chouettes, Testas, 12200 Sanvensa, Franoe539 Phillip o Main, 66 Margery Ave, Apt 3, St Catharines, Ontario, L2R 6K1174 Mr H Baadsgaard, Kaervej 9, 5762 Vester Skerninge, Denmark. New Members: E 641 Mr D Fontaine, 2 Rue de la batterie, 1480 Merville Franceville, FRANCE f 1 \ 2 649 Mr C Garside, 8 Deyncourt, Durham, DH1 3QB § fe 650 Mr P Gibbons, 22 Charlton Lane, Charlton, London, SE7 8LJ E 651 Mr Paul Fenech Gonzi, 20/12 Dingli St, Sliema SLM10, Malta 652 Mr Gilberto A Brockstedt, Rua Cel Falckenbach 638, 99300-000 Soledade RS, Brasil 653 Mr G Uri, Hcarmel St 17, Rishon Le Zion, ISRAEL 654 Mr R L Shore, 19 Merrill St, Amesbury, MA 01913-4306, USA New Affiliated Member: I 910 - ABPS, British Philatelic Centre, 107 Charterhouse St, London, EC1M 6PT s Notified Resignations: I 289 - Mr B Cooper607 - Mrs J Sadler i 632 - Dr RAF Cox

Res.ignations through failure to renew subscriptions: 580 Mstr Abbott 584 Mstr Bain 637 Mr Bainbridge 589 Mr Barrow 384 Dr Bhattacharyya 598 Ms Broadhurst 410 Mrs Cannard 617 Mr Carss r1: I F 611 Mr Clegg 601 Mrs Dean 543 Mr Dunn 85 Mr Gould g 600 Mrs Hooley 592 Mr F Jones 164 Mr Laljee 409 Mr Lang raid

640 Mr McMahon 619 Mr Moorhouse 606 Mr Neilson 610 Mr O'Donoghue < 576 Mstr Rimington 599 Miss Readout 502 Mr Satyal 613 Mr Scarsbrook s 625 Mr D Smith 457 Mr Wiggins 628 Mr Woodham 621 Mr York I

E J I ADVERTISEMENTS I

Mr Ujjal Gupta would like to exchange stamps with any BSS member, juniors especially welcome. Mr Gupta's address is:

. Mr U Gupta, . l ...... C/o AB Dutta-Sharma .. . . n3 . . . 23/4 Kabi Nabin Sen Road ..'. Calcultta 700028 India

f 5. .s . . . .. PHILATELIC SUPPLIES (Mr M.B. O'NEILL) ...... 22 Field Lane, Letchworth, Herts, England. SG6 3LE ...... Tel: 01462 - 684191 FAX: 01462 0 682920 ...... email: [email protected] ...... website: www.philsupp.demon.co.uk ...... The latest monthly lists are always available. The latest list comprises 20 x pages of predominantly . . . UMM stamps covering all periods but mostly 1985 onwards including those elusive 'singles' and much . Foreign (and thus more difficult to acquire) material.

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The Committee apologises to members for not having published the 1997/98 accounts and only now

publishing the 1998/99 accounts. Every effort will be made to include accounts, in draft if necessary, in i l the September issues of the magazine, i.e. in advance of the Annual General Meeting. I l I J I 1997/98 E BIRD STAMP SOCIETY I I g

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50 Auditor's Yeas 50 Q ii 1,246 914

4,643 NET ASSETS 2,635

1 REPRESENTED BY:

Accumulated funds: 5,089 Balance at 1.8.97 4,643 (446) Excess of expenditure over income (2,007) i

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AUDlTORIS REPORT I

These accounts have been prepared from the books, vouchers, information and explanations received and are certified to be in accordance therewith. The Packet Account has not been audited, but a statement for the year ended 31 July 1998 prepared by the Packet Secretary has been seen. E

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 1998

Year ended 31 .7.97 E E 2 E

E INCOME i 3 1,740 Subscriptions (U.K. ) 1,850 .f f i 1,106 Subscriptions (Overseas) 1,030 3 315 Packet account 220 45 Sale of magazines 13 Advertisement 8 22 Donations . 40 109 Interest t 18

3,337 3,279

EXPENDITURE

. 1. 194 Magazines 1,346 E . .. . 908 Postage 1,320 186 Affiliations 173 E 1,coo Birdpex 2.352 E 161 Library 5 59 Annual General Meeting 15 I 50 Auditor's fees 50 18 Travel 18 E E 207 Printing and stationery 7 I I Bank charges 5 2 I

I 3,783 5,286 E

(446) EXCESS OF EXPENDITURE OVER INCOME (2,007)

BIRDPEX '98 Balance Sheet September 1996 - July 1998

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Bird Stamp Society 1000.00 Printing & stationary 1253.67 Bird Stamp Society Postage é70.76 for B.P.T. 1000.00 Telephone / Fax. 362.16 Frame fees 1553.00 Medals 1169.13 Donations 145.00 Certificates 100.00 Sale of Souvenirs 691.11 Birdpex awards sa.99 Bank interest 17.08 26.37 Bird Stamp Society 1220.11 Tumblers 48.00 Souvenirs 5&8.30 £ 5526.30 Travelexpenses 246.92 B.F.T postage return of exhibits 60.00 British Philatelic Trust 1000.00 D.H.L. return of New Zealand exhibits167.45

£ 5526.30

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. . . . ,s ...... : 1998/99 . s . $ .. .. 1 BIRD STAMP SOCIETY ...... =: . > .. E .1 .1 .1 1 .I .*I .I .* INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 1999 .v < .v gz Year ended 31 _7.98 E E E E 3 INCOME I .*

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EXPENDITURE

1,346 Magazines 1,574 1.320 Postage 872 173 Affiliations 130 2,352 Birdpex -

.\ Library 4° 50 Auditor's fees 75 7 Printing and stationery 129 38 Miscellaneous 76

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1998/9 BIRD STAMP SOCIETY n AUCTIONS SUMMARY

AUCTION PAYABLE PAYABLE TO GROSS AUC. SECs. NET COMMENTS NUMBER BY BUYERS VENDORS BALANCE EXPENSES BALANCE 43 151193.64 £1056.45- E135. 19+ 0.00 €135.19+ Run by G. Hors ran

I 44 121330.13 £1169.04- £161.09+ 0.00 £161.09+ Run by G. Hors ran

45 £862.14 £760.52- E101.62+ I £50.42- E51.20+ Run by D. Blake .- 46 £830.81 £720.96-__ £109.85+ £43.63- £66.22+ Run by D. Blake . General Not associated with any £14.65- £14.65- Expenses particular auction Totals 24216.72 £3708.97- £507.75+ £106.70- £399.05+ Credits held for Overseas Bidders E11.56+

Credits held for Overseas Vendors E60.21+ 2

1 Glrobank Account Balance E470.82+

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BIRD STAMP SOCIETY PACKET ACCOUNT 1998-1999

I E E INCOME _EX PENDITURE

§ Packet sales 1796-71 Paid to Packet vendors 1519'32 5 Auction proceeds 3290°27 Paid to Auction vendors 2978.69 Packet insce premium 33-oo E Packet expenses 79-11 I Transfer to Auction a/c 311~58 E g 5086'98 4921-70 E E E 1. Subscriptions collected a8~00 Subs. transferred 48-00 E Bank charges collected 7°50 Bank charges paid 7-50

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I certify that the above represents a true record of the funds passing through the Packet Account (including Auction*) of the Bird Stamp Society for the period 1st August 1998 to 31 st July 1999.

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...... VACANCY FOR A CCMMITTEE MEMBER . We have welcomed Malcolm Hawkins onto the committee but there remains a vacancy on it for another member. The demands of the role of (non~office bearing) committee member are not onerous. Decisions that the Society makes which involve expenditure require full consent of the membership as approved at AGMs. In exceptional circumstances, where expenditure is necessary and authority for the expenditure cannot wait until the next AGM, each committee member is contacted for approval or otherwise. Sometimes there are other policy matters on which committee 2 9 5 members' views are sought. i

Any member who is interested in becoming a committee member should get in touch with the Secretary...... YOUR SOCIETY NEEDS YOU ...... t lll I I. II II I I ...... Page 74 FLIGHT December 1999 Vol.14 No.2 ...... 0- ...... \ ...... B ...... 4 ...... Christine Jackson's book I was interested in Mrs Jackson's letter (in the September issue - Editor), as she says, her book "Collecting Bird Stamps" was the .~.-a only book on the subject at that time. Before that there was a thin booklet listing bird POST stamps. As you can imagine I was delighted to buy her book and used it until Stanley Gibbons produced "Collect Birds on Stamps" in 1983. I can imagine Mrs. Jackson BAG has an even larger collection than I have.

I also wonder how I shall dispose of my collection, probably by auction l think although I would be interested in other people's ideas.

Pauline Ailey (24)

In the March issue of "Flight" I included (page 129) a piece from QXL, an on-line auction house that has, since then, had a successful stock market flotation. Another well-known auction house is Sandafayre. They advertise regufarfy in the stamp magazines and they quote a Phone number for people wanting to sell or just looking for advice on selling - 0700 4 782677. They also have a website, about which see 'Computers and the fnternet' in this issue.

Some may prefer to take independent specialist advice before committing their collections to auction. In this context I am relaying a letter l have received recently from one, David Boyd, about his consultancy service. l must stress that these contacts have been passed on because l think they may be of interest to members. None carries any guarantee or specific recommendation from myself or the Bird Stamp Society.

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:-3 P 2 s DAVID BOYD I f Philatelic Corrsultonf E 5 ;_g g E 38 Shelvers Way TADWORTH Surrey KT20 5QF I Tel & Fox: 01737 351887 E-moil: [email protected] I i I : I N Following a change of ownership of Phillips, I left the company earlier this year after * 27 happy and successful years as a Philatelic Auctioneer.

z e During my time there I was privileged to sell some of the greatest stamp collections which included those of Great Britain fanned by Harold Fisher and Douglas Lotto,

i n both Fellows otlThe Royal Philatelic Society, London. My greatest success however E s was the "Rothschild" collection, which comprised Norway, Greece and Italian States E g and totaled several million pounds. 5

wen i e I have now set up as a Consultant and I advise collectors who have collections for sale. My 42 years in the philatelic trade means that I am well placed to offer excellen independent advice regarding a direct sale, or which auctioneer might achieve the bes' result. If the collection is sold at auction I can negotiate the keenest commission rate 5 ensure that any wishes regarding letting and presentation are followed and in the case g of a spec alised collection, that all the major collectors are informed of the sale and I

appropriate philatelic advertisements arc placed. I I § i 'I E My successes in recent months have included placing a 1935 Jubilee collection and E I . 11 .. r . achieving £11,000 (hammer price) for a Great Britain 2%d Prussian blue error of ...... colour mint marginal block when a very similar block had only made £8,500 three . . . months earlier at another London auction house...... My expertise is at your service and an enquiry will not put you under any obligation. . . . II will be my pleasure to help now or in the future if you have stamps to sell. . ; . s . . 5 .. . 2 . . .

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Bulgaria 1980 sheet A am .'J POST I send here an MS I got in an auction lot at my club here in Copenhagen. Unable to find the item in SG Simplified World Catalogue 1999 I hope you or any reader of FLIGHT BAG may tell me what it is.

William Hempel (230) (Half linear dimensions)

•V 7" •Q 0 I am glad to be able-to answer your question §EUROPAISCHES NATURS§IHUTZ]AHR myself. I have Stanley Gibbons Paft»'3 ¢ ...~.--yQlé°g{,;gl=5[,;;,{;,°.'°""'""°"""°"°"'""""""°'=""°'°°'° .,(Balkens) Catalogue which carries the follo'wl?;g ' \Q¢€D 8¢u1'l'J. ,Q e : HP 6'bAl"Api45l 9 ; . ,text of the beginning 6f the 1980 listing's: K e Qi Q I N . ! . . ; n O i: ' l I o I • • "During 1980 miniature sheets were issuedtcr a • ' •o the European Security and Co-operatioN ' o Q • ' o ' 4 Conference, Madrid (2 sheets, one of 50st;j '• • ' o one containing 30st X 6), the World Cui? Q » ' o •2 .• Football Championship, Spain (50s0 andlfor • c ' \ g Q Nature Protection and 49th F. I. P. .Congress I I • . 101141UUI9?000§¥¢0090l001¢00000¢0000¢9l¢001¢0l:4§9000\000990Q¢49l¢*"*10l0*0 1 C A .Essen (containing 5, 13, 25, 35 and 43 SU., : HP 6'bAIIAPi4H 2 HP 6`hAtAPl4H : HP 5'bAllAPP1H . 4 ' o• -Supplies and distribution of these sheets were' • 1 ' A '• •o restricted, and it is understood they nieregzcit ' C • 4 ' Q available at face value." . , 1 n • 4 z 1 ° •a ' i 4 0 f was previously unaware of the$e.Qiréf.s~and Z A • v I ' 1 ' e dare say many other members etjll age! o • 1 ¢ • A l Thanks for telling me about your find. 1 v an r • .• g 1 asasQaassocosossnlooqaoaaoasoo4' u syatocaqe4l¢4ee*t¢t¢¢v¢OilQ9t¢OIF • .C20000005004 : •I Editor 49 KONCRBSJ FIP' ES 'EN 1980 : . 4 _ . O I I C Q 4 • Q * Q • • • • I • a • * 06816 • » • 6 O I 4 ¢ • _\ Q • • D

Frigate bird in bondage

I have this stamp from Nauru with a frigate bird in the border. The frigate bird appears to be tied to the grate with a piece of string or similar, and I wonder what the reason may be. May I ask you to kindly ask our members if anyone can tell the reason for this?

Leif Rasmussen (185)

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Europa 1999 - Nature Reserves

As expected, there have been a few more issues under this heading for me to review. First, though, I must correct two wrong identifications given in the last issue.

Hungary - Not an Aquatic Warbler nor a Montagu's Harrier

..* I 8: l'm embarrassed to acknowledge that Kjell Scharning, Chris Gibbins and others have rightly pointed out

. that the Hungary 27ft value from the EUROPA pair, which l described in the last issue as (another) . 3

Aquatic Warbler is not that species at all. If is in fact a Rock Bunting, Emberiza cia. (The good news is | that Rock Bunting is a new species on stamps,) The Hungary 1998 24ft value that I mentioned was

'~. 12 I indeed an Aquatic Warbler, so that identification (in F13/2) stands. i":E ,sr To compound my error, the other stamp of the pair, the 32ft value, is not a Montagu's Harrier but a Saker Falcon, Falco cherrug! There is however still a reasonable link between the Saker and Otto Herman's interest in bird migration since it breeds in Hungary but moves south or south-east to the Mediterranean coast or further on in winter. I have placed the corrections in the current Identification Parade. Thanks fellows and sorry all.

Austria - Mystery bird

The 'third bird' on the Austria 7s stamp was identified as a Common Guillemot in the last issue of "Flight", albeit with a severe caveat because of the impossibility of finding one on a central European lake. Since then, a wintering Black-throated Diver has been suggested by several members, including Dr. H s Moore and Bruce Poulter. I agree that this is an improvement, being just about feasible in range and appearance. I was going to make the switch in 'Identification Parade' but then I got the following letter from Heinz Patzak

' After receiving my copy of Austria's - as usual - well designed Europa issue I had written to their postal administration about two mystery-birds. Their prompt reply that they were diving ducks led to my insisting to know which diving ducks the artist had had in mind. Again, a very prompt answer with a rather creative excuse for a design carelessness: "lt is the artist's recollection of a childhood memon/ of a river plain and is just meant as a symbolic diving duck" - - - There you are.'

There you are indeed and thank you Heinz, those are no ducks known to science but you have to accept the artist's word about his intentions. So we have three positive options: 1) best fit on appearance only = common guillemots, 2) best flt on range plus appearance == black-throated divers, 3) artist's known intention :: symbolic diving duck.

Faced with the choice l have taken a negative option and changed them to 'unidentified waterbird' in 'Identification Parade'.

GB non-issue

In the September issue of "Flight" I reported a hint taken from the June Bulletin that there was to be a September EUROPA issue associated with the Farmers' Tale set. My first impression on looking at the set was that no such issue had materialised. There was certainly no separate GB EUROPA stamp in

December 1999 Vol. 14 No 2 FLIGHT Page 77 *.

September. However, somebody recently pointed out to me that if you hold the 19p Farmers' Tale stamp at the right angle to the light you can see the words 'EUROPA' printed in silver in the top right- hand corner. So it proved, but what a dispiriting fudge it was.

Now I can turn, with relief, to the new EUROPA bird issues.

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Azerbaijan - in Europe?

There is a 1000m Greater Flamingo which is paired with a 3000m stag. This issue prompts the question 'Where does Europe's eastern border lie nowadays'?'. I should I have thought that Turkey's eastern neighbour was in Asia by any criterion. I I I \ nm# ( 4 \ | I I lIIII

Bulgaria

One of a pair, the 1801 shows a Red~crested Pochard and the Ropotamo II I Reserve. The colouring on the stamp is a bit lurid and incorrect for the I II I I III II 11I1 I111111111]11111 bird. The breast is shown as dark brown instead of black and the head has too much red in it. The other stamp in the pair, 6001, shows a fetching chamoix head.

Poland

The singleton 1 z40 stamp shows a slightly stylised picture of a male Three- toed Woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus, in flight with its diagnostic yellow crown and broad white stripe down the back. lt will enhance the album page, being the only stamp portrait of the species to show a bird in flight. The other five examples show birds on branches in static poses. The shadowy background is a forest with a European Bison standing in a clearing. Poland is one of its last refuges. The stamp is designed, like so many good Polish bird issues, by Jerzsy Desselberger.

Other EUROPA issues

One other EUROPA stamp appears in the new issue listing but I have not yet seen it. From Yugoslavia, there is a 6d value showing peregrine falcons and juniper forest at the Kapaonik National Park, Serbia. There may still be a few bird EUROPA stamps missing from the listing.

GB Millennium issues - The Year 2000

Just when you thought you were safe from further uninspiring millennium issues from Royal Mail they have announced the year 2000 sets. According to British Philatelic Bulletin (September) the titles will be as follows: 6 January Above & Beyond 1 February Fire & Light 7 March Water & Coast 4 April Life & Earth 2 May Art & Craft 6 June People & Place 4 July Stone & Soil 1 August Tree & Leaf 5 September Mind & Matter 3 October Body & Bone 7 November Spirit & Faith 5 December Sound & Vision The March and April set could provide scope for some naturalistic bird illustrations but the Royal Mail design record for these issues has not been good.

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Postscript A Royal Mail catalogue recently dropped through my letter box which showed the designs for the January 'Above & Beyond' set. Apparently, the 19p value will show the face of a barn owl, celebrating owl conservation at Muncaster in Cumbria, and the 64p value a shot from a gannet colony, relating to a public centre for viewing seabirds. I don't know the site of the seabird centre and it will be intriguing to find out. The three major gannet colonies in Scotland are on islands well .i offshore - St. Kilda, the Bass Rock and Ailsa Craig, none of which seems a practical public viewing site.

All in all then, things are looking up, but I won't show these two stamps in the new issue listing until I get more

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Sovereign Stamps offer - Guide to Birds of Christmas Island

I have received a letter from the Marketing Manager of the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau concerning their retail operation known as 'Sovereign Stamps'. He is offering a free copy of the Visitor's Guide to the Birds of Christmas Island to the first fifty BSS members who order more than £5.00 worth of philatelic Crown Agents items from Sovereign.

I have a copy in front of me. It is an attractively produced publication of 60 pages which has colour photographs of each of the (21 in No.) birds that breed on Christmas Island, accompanied by text under the headings - Distribution, Description Breeding and Voice. There is also a straight list of the migrants and vagrants seen from the island and there are maps on the end covers

Anyone interested should apply, quoting the Bird Stamp Society, to

...... Hazel Turner, Retail Officer, Sovereign Stamps, PO Box 123, Sutton, Surrey SMC 4EH

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\»-.» MEMBERS' INTERNET ADDRESSES SURNAME FIRST NAME NUMBER E-MAIL I WEBSITE 1 BOWDEN KEITH 523 [email protected] To post messages to stamp collecting exchange group - [ [email protected] ] To view current position, database and past messages - [ hftp://www.egroups.com/group/birds-on~stamps ] Kingfisher web site [ http://freespace.virginnet.co.uldkeithlmgrantham ] CHAPMAN ROGER 58 [email protected] Gl88lNS CHRIS 4 [email protected],uk [ http://www.bird-stamps.org/] HEMPEL WILLIAM 230 [email protected] LEYBOURNE MALCOLM 157 [email protected] NORTH PAUL 520 [email protected]. uk OLIVER ROB 511 [email protected] SCHARNING KJELL 627 [email protected] [hl1'p:/A/vww.birdthemeorg/] New or changed addresses are in bold type

STAMP MAGAZINE - Chris's Computer Corner

Starting with the November issue, "Stamp Magazine" has had a makeover. All the features are now illustrated in colour and the new issue listing shows selected colour illustrations opposite the relevant entries - instead in a couple of separate pages. This is a decided improvement in my view.

Members who read the magazine regularly, particularly those with computers, will be familiar with 'Chris's Computer Corner' This is the regular feature in which Chris Earle, the new vice-chairman of the BTA and, naturally enough, a keen thematics (archery) collector, expounds on some aspect of using computers in support of stamp collecting. The series has been running since May 1996 and has been full of useful information, particularly for computer beginners. Currently she is explaining how to get the most from the internet and in the November issue she wrote about surfing the web. After pointing out that you could enjoy the (time-consuming and often ...... frustrating) random movement form site to site in the hope of discovering something of interest .. ... or improve your chances by entering key words in one of the powerful search engines, she went ...... on to advocate entry via specialist sites that have already done a lot of the hard work. She mentioned two general philatelic sites: 'Wardrop's Philately Online' [ http://www.wardrop.co uk/ ] - which was new to me, and 'Joe Luft's Philatelic Resources Page' {http://www.execpc.com/~joeluft/resource.html ] - which I know well and use a lot, particularly as an entry into postal authorities' pages.

But the best was yet to come because she revealed a personal interest in bird stamps, particularly birds of prey, and went on to give high praise and substantial coverage to Kjell Schaming's site. I hope you have noticed a big increase in the number of visits to it, Kjell.

of or Sandafayre websiteP - http:llwww.sandafayre.com

' At present this. site is. restricted to stamp buying and selling<'but Sandafayre have been in touch with the Society with the that they. are developing 'Society Pages' to go with their site. These are offer i news r i as free pages for the displayE of materi.al of interest from specialist societies, for example membership details, officers, addresses etc. articles and features from magazines and elsewhere that . of wider interest. We are definitely looking to develop this link and by the time the March 2000 issue "Flight" comes out there should be more to report and the Society Pages to look at1 on the web.

Page 80 FLIGHT December 1999 VoI.14 No.2 Q ¢° ...... Kingfisher web site - [ http:/Ifreespace.virginnet.co.uklkeithb.grantham ] ...... This new site appears in the members' addresses list on the previous page. Here we have a few ...... pages lifted from it to what appetites and encourage visits from those with access...... First, there is an introductory page that says a bit about the family of kingfishers. . I...... Nam ~-ue-a.l.~....-u-7-1.9w !§'£*W,lq an ~»-~*_»--»r-»¢»v~n . d 9$l*'!'¢"¢F:_." 9¢"*¢YJ I *s AH ,¢?$n¢qm.w~vq\** ?¢4P *'* dwld-4 »\»¢¢=¢4 ~*¢n-».~o~ra=¢;v.~¢:-419m MJa" **as°sar-wus. A . re 9.11.&1-.ssi,, to . as an '* Cr ¢ . . .

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s 1 s ! ¥ blues. There is seldom much plum age difference betweene sexes and 5 c o x i¥ age. They all nest in holes their eggs are unmarked and white f. d the g o you v hatch naked and blind...... I . . . There are 86 species of kingfisher distributed throughout the world and 1 many sub species. Kingfishers occur on every continent except the 2 Arctic and the Antarctic.

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...... The index provides entries to sites showing kingfishers on stamps by species and by issuing country...... Then there are kingfishers on aerogrammes, cachets and cancellations, meter marks, postal history ...... items and postal stationery. Keith Bowden also shows his current wants list on the site and invites ...... visitors to let him know of any other philatelic kingfisher material. Finally, there are links to other bird ...... stamp sites...... The page overleaf shows a sample from 'kingfishers by countries' - the first page of Australian issues ...... featuring the Laughing Kookaburra...... December 1999 VoI.14 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 81 . AUSTRALIA DATA

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Chris Gibbins' website - [ http:I/www.bird-stamps.orgl ]

To finish this feature, here are two identification pieces taken from Chris Gibbins' website. Owl called "Hanka" on Madagascar stamp issued in 1999

Stamp issued in Detail view of the "Hanka" Image of a Madagaskar 1999 showing an Long-eared owl (Asio owl named "Hanks" madagascariensis)

( Image of Madagascar Long-eared Owl (Asio madagascariensis) from "Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands" (Sinclair and Langrand 1998))

When I first saw this stamp, I thought it might show the Madagascar Scops Owl (Otus nautilus). However while checking in "Birds of the Indian Ocean" I noticed the other owl found on the island with ear tufts, the Madagascar Long-eared Owl (Asio madagascariensis) had a call which was described as 'Kahaan- kahaan-Kahaan'. In "Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands" (Kemp & Kemp 1998) the call is described as 'han-kan han-kan han-kan' and the same illustration, by Peter Hayman, is used but is much more rufous than the one above. I suggest that the bird is named locally after its call.

Does anyone have further comments for the "Hanka"?

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In 1995, the Philippines declared that the National Bird should be the Philippine Eagle (Pillrecophagajeiferyi).

Does anyone have a _fuI;t1s;!;.=>0i111v§s§ for SG 2645?

I have already told Chris that SG2645 featured in the March 1995 (F9/3) new issue listing as a Philippine Trogon - in fine with CBoS. However, f agree that the bird illustrated is not a trogon and accept Chris's 'best match' to Chestnut II/fannikin, Lonchura malacca unless further evidence arises.

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THE PHILATELIC WORLD

Stamp Show 2000

I expect many members will by now have noted the dates for London's Stamp Show 2000 at Earls Court. For those who have not and may be interested in going it will run from Monday May 22nd to Sunday May 28th, 2000. Some recent news about it, at least to me, is that each day of the show will have its own theme, complete with special pictorial postmark. They run as follows:

Monday Arts and Entertainment, Tuesday Royalty, Wednesday International, Thursday Technology, Fdday Transport, Saturday Environment, Sunday Sports and Olympics.

Remember that, as well as hosting 'Royalty' on the Tuesday, Stamp Show 2000 will also be hosting the BTA's 'Members' Meeting' event on that day and that the Bird Stamp Society should have a presence there. (See the Secretary's report on page 64.) Otherwise, Saturday could be a good day for a bird stamp collector to visit.

West of England Philatelic Society

The West of England Philatelic Society will be holding their annual Thematic Day on March 25th, 2000 at the Dartmoor Hotel, Ashburton, Devon. David Cox has agreed to be their guest speaker and will be showing some 200 sheets from his 'World of Birds' plus some of his Duck Stamp collection.

If any members wish to go along they would be welcome, and Mrs Mary Clayton, Chairman, would do all she can to accommodate them. Anyone interested should contact Mrs Claydon, Hazelhurst, Bampton, Tiverton. EX16 9LJ. wnvmwnf f wwuwn

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AUDUBON - MASTER BIRD PAINTER

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The most famous bird artist of all time, Jean Jacques Fougere Audubon was born in 1785 on the island of Santo Domingo, now Haiti. He was the issue of a liaison between a French sea captain and Jeanne Rabine, a servant girl from Nantes. Jeanne died soon after his birth and at the age of four he was sent to Nantes where he spent the rest of his childhood. How the captain explained his transgression to Madame Audubon is not known but she took the four year old boy to her heart and brought him up as her own son.

His passion for the outdoor life and his obsessive need to draw from nature became clear during those early years in France which were largely spent studying and sketching birds. His formal education was scanty although he may have received some art training in the Paris studio of J.L. David. When he was eighteen he was sent to Pennsylvania to oversee his father's plantation but neglected his duties and carried on spending most of his time with the birds.

In 1810 he met Alexander Wilson, the Scottish ornithologist/artist, who showed him the paintings in the first two volumes of his 'American Ornithology'. This meeting inspired Audubon to publish his own paintings and during the next few years he took every opportunity to build up a portfolio of bird portraits. He resolved to paint every North American bird, at least all those known, and he never wavered from this ambition. During those early years he married Lucy Bakewell, the daughter of a neighbour. She had a hard time supporting two sons while Audubon immersed himself in his mammoth task. At this time he became a U.S.A. citizen taking the forenames John James.

He could not find a publisher in the U.S.A. so decided to try his luck in England. On one of several visits to England he was lucky enough to meet Robert Havell. Audubon made a contract with Robert and his son to engrave the plates for his project. The Havells were to prove most efficient engravers, colourers and publishers and it was largely their industry, skill and loyalty over the years that turned Audubon's great concept into reality. They were able to ensure a uniformly high standard of workmanship from the fifty or so artists employed on the work. So 'The Birds of America' was published in England between 1827 and 1858, issued in eighty-seven numbers, each containing five plates. A complete work consists of 455 aquatint engravings which contain 1,065 separate figures of birds illustrating 489 different species. The number of complete sets produced was 175 containing over 76,000 hand-coloured plates. In effect the book is an atlas of very large plates, 39% inches by 27 inches and all but the largest birds are shown life size. Examples are the Great Egret on Bermuda 1985, 40c and the Whooping Crane on Haiti (bogus) 1975, 25c both contorted to flt the folio sheet.

The original price for a complete set, paid by subscription, was $1,000 (about E182). In 1929 a complete . .. . set was sold for £1,000. In 1969, at Sotheby's in London, another copy realised £90,000 and in 1990, . . also at Sotheby's, a set was sold to a U.S. dealer for £1,760,000. This surely makes a purchase of an original set in 1858 one of the best investments of all time. Although some of the sets were broken up and the plates sold separately around 154 complete sets survived until 1975. Of these 94 were in the U.S.A., 17 in England and the rest in twelve other countries. Separate plates fetch very high prices. A Turkey print sold for $20,000 in 1980, a Mallard fetched $45,100 in 1989 and in the same year four prints were sold - Trumpeter Swan ($49,500), White Pelican ($58,500), Great Blue Heron ($66,000) and Flamingo ($66,550).

To give the work its full title 'The Birds of America from Original Drawings made during a Residence of Twenty-five Years in the United States' was an heroic undertaking. Audubon must have had enormous energy and determination to endure the hardships of his long and often lonely journeys, paint the pictures, write the text, supervise the publication and, errol subscribers - activities which lasted for at least twenty years. He had some expert help in writing the text which was published separately under the title 'Ornithological Biography'. lt contained a mass of anecdote touching on his adventurous life and gives a vivid, if somewhat embellished, account of frontier life.

Page 86 FLIGHT December 1999 VoI.14 No.2 ...... by.. r . . . \ . I ...... ,I ...... /4 ...... In the 1950s and 1960s several of Audubon's paintings were featured on stamps from Cuba, U.S.A. . and . . . . the Virgin Islands. Roseate Tern on Cuba 1953, 10c Express Stamp, Collie's Magpie Jay on U.S.A. . . . .s 1963, 50 and 1967 Air Mail, 200 and Brown Pelican on Virgin Islands 1956, $2.40 ( 1962 I surcharged g .E .$ .9 $1.40). The background foliage has been omitted from the Pelican portrait giving it a rather stark effect. .$ 5

The bogus Haiti issue of 1975 included some of his finest portraits such as the Roseate Tern and Great Horned Owl. The Common Turkey appears in this set which was Plate Number One in the 'Birds of America'. In order to fit the folio the wild turkey cock was drawn with its head looking backwards in a

. decidedly awkward pose. In 1985 came the deluge - to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth over . . fifty countries made commemorative stamp issues. .

What separated Audubon from his predecessors was his determination to give his birds the simulation of life. In order to invest his birds with vitality and movement he worked from freshly killed specimens, wiring them into lifelike positions. Also his instinctive urge to dramatise led him to represent many of his birds in violent action. He took birds out of the glass case for all time and his portraits have a dramatic impact seldom, if ever, equalled by those of his successors. Any doubts about the revolution in bird illustration brought about by Audubon are soon dispelled if his portraits are compared with those produced before his. Take for instance the Vatican set of 1989 with illustrations from 'Natural History of Birds' by Eleazar Albin, the 18th century English bird artist. The 15001 in the set shows a solitary 3 Lapwing in a stilted, wooden pose which could not be more different from Audubon's style. For comparison the 1985 Micronesia centenary set includes pictures of several wading birds including the Ruddy Turnstone, Grey Plover and American Golden Plover all flowing with movement. The inclusion of two or three birds in the designs adds to the lifelike impression.

Many of Audubon's portraits have crowded designs with two, three or more birds and an abundance of background matter. This is fine for the large scale of his work but does not come out so well on the miniature size required by postage stamps. Mauritania 1985, 14um looks rather crowded with four birds, two Western Tanagers and two Scarlet Tanagers. His portraits with one or two birds only, like those of the Great Horned Owl (Haiti 1975, 25c), American White Pelican (Ivory Coast 1985,150f) and Osprey (Bermuda 1985, 120) provide the most satisfying designs. He was at his best painting sea birds, among several fine examples is his Arctic Tern, featured by Niger on a 350f in a centenary issue. No doubt with the laudable aim of reducing over-crowding some designers have seen fit to omit one or more birds from a portrait with sometimes un-Audubon like results. An example is provided by the 250f in the Central African Republic 1985 set which features Collie's Magpie Jay. The lower bird in Audubon's portrait has been omitted spoiling the balanced effect as can be seen in the complete work. Tuvalu 1985, 15c portrays Anna's Hummingbird - there are five birds in Audubon's portrait but the stamp shows only one.

There is nothing in natural history art to compare with the 'Birds of America'. Each aquatint is as soft as ...... a lithograph unlike most 19th century hand-coloured engravings. His birds, especially the small ones, . are beautifully modelled against finely drawn foliage and the colours glow with life. His birds are nearly always doing something, flying, swooping or preening. He has inspired many great bird artists and given impetus to bird protection societies. in 1832 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy. The leading ornithological society in the U.S.A. bears his name.

Various portraits of Audubon have appeared on stamps, e.g. Marshall Islands 1985, 22c, Palau 1985, 22c, St. Helena 1985, lip, Solomon Islands 1985, 45c, Turks & Caicos 1985, 4 values and U.S.A. 1940, lc and 1985, 22c. In his early days he affected the dress of a woodsman/huntsman and the Belize $5 MS of 1985 shows him in this guise, a portrait by John Syme, a contemporary artist. The other stamp portraits are mixed - Marshall Islands is a woodsman type, St. Helena is more lifelike while Palau, Solomon islands and Turks 8. Caicos show him as an artist. In the U.S.A. 1940 portrait he is an elder statesman but the 1985 picture is more realistic.

He lived a most adventurous life, his quests for new birds to paint took him all over the continent for he was determined to outdo all others in his knowledge of the birds of North America. He is one of the legendary figures of the pioneering days and has captured the imagination of the American people as a romantic person of that period his place in American history is secure.

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ORNITHOLOGISTS ON STAMPS Q PART 2

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McCormick, Robert (1800-1890) British naturalist and polar explorer, collected birds as a member of Ross's expedition to Antarctic 1839-43. Catharacta maccormicki is named after him, portrait on stamp from British Antarctic Territory November 4, 1985. 3 3 Macgregor, Sir William (1846-1919) British physician and civil servant, discovered 1890 Crested Bird-of~ Paradise named after him as Cnemophilus macgregorii, author of several books about the birds of Queensland, portrait on stamp from Papua New Guinea June 15, 1988.

Miklucha-Maklaj, Nikolai (1846-1888) Russian zoologist and explorer who collected birds during a visit to New Guinea 1871-73, portrait on stamps from Papua New Guinea August 19, 1970 and Russia June 23, 1992.

Molina, Giovanni Ignazio (1740~1829) Italian naturalist and Jesuit, in his Natural History of Chile he described several South American bird species, portrait on stamp from Chile August 23, 1968.

Muir, John (1838-1914) Scottish~American naturalist and explorer, he has written a monograph on the American Dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, portrait on stamp from the United States April 29, 1964.

Murray, John (1841-1914) British naturalist, discovered 1887 phosphate on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), in his monograph on the island he described its fauna, portrait on stamps from Christmas Island February 28, 1978 and March 16, 1989.

von Muller, Ferdinand (1825-1896) German naturalist, from 1852 living in Australia, from 1857 director of the Botanical Garden in Melbourne, gave the first specimen of Lewinia mueller, named Rallus mueller after him, to the Stuttgart Museum, where it was destroyed during the second world war, portrait on stamps from Australia October 9, 1998 and Germany the same day.

Naumann, Johann Friedrich (1780-1857) German ornithologist, professor and director of the Ornithological Museum belonging to the Duke of Anhalt-Kothen, has described quite a lot of bird species and many species have been named naumanni after him or after his father Johann Andreas Naumann, Falco naumanni is named after J F Naumann, who is portrayed on stamp from East Germany February 26, 1980...... Owen, Sir Richard (1804-1892), British anatomist and explorer, created in the middle of the nineteenth century the word 'dinosaur', described many mostly fossil bird species, the Little Spotted Kiwi is named Apteryx owenii after him, portrait on stamp from Montserrat May 1, 1992.

PanOiC, Josip (1814-1888) Croatian naturalist and physician, issued 1867 a book on Birds of Serbia according to an analytical method, portrait on stamp from Yugoslavia November 28, 1985.

»=,.».,.» Parkinson, Sydney (1747-1771) British artist, employed by Sir Joseph Banks to take part in Cook's voyage to Australia 1768-70, what is known about the birds of Oceania from this voyage comes from now Parkinson's water colour drawings, the Black Petrel Procellaria parkinson is named after him, portrait on stamps from Australia April 20, 1970 and March 12, 1986.

Peterson, Roger (1908-1996) North American ornithologist of Swedish-American descent, issued 1934 the first edition of A Field Guide to the Birds which became model for most modern field guides, the -.had newly discovered Cinnamon Screech Ow1 Otus peterson is named after him, portrait on stamp from Palau February 1, 1999.

Philippi, Rudolph (1808~1904) German naturalist, from 1851 living in Chile, 1853 professor of zoology in Santiago and director of the Natural History Museum there, described many new bird species, among them Phoenicopterus andinus, portrait on stamp from Chile December 29, 1978.

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Phillip, Arthur (1738-1814) British naval officer, founded the penal settlement Botany Bay, now Sydney, took part in the early exploration of the New South Wales bird fauna, the subspecies phillipp (no longer recognised) of Platycercus elegans, Crimson Rosella, is named after him, portrait on stamps from Australia October 1, 1937 and August e, 1986, from Norfolk Island October 14, 1986, from New South Wales April 27, 1888 and from Tonga July 11, 1988.

Poey y Aloy, Felipe (1799-1891) Cuban zoologist, considered by Newton in Dictionary of Birds 1896 as the leading authority on Cuban ornithology, portrait on stamp from Cuba August 26, 1958.

Przevalski, Nikolai (1839-1888) Russian officer and explorer of Central Asia, brought home collections of almost 20,000 animal species, described himself White~browed Tit Parus superciliosus and White- backed Thrush Turdus kessler, Rusty-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis przewalskii is named after him, portrait on stamp from Soviet Union January 27, 1947.

Purkyne, Jan (1787-1869) Czech physiologist, discovered 1825 the germinal spot in the egg, portrait on stamps from Czechoslovakia September 2, 1937 and September 30, 1987.

Quoy, Jean (1790-1869) French naturalist and explorer on voyages to East India and Pacific Islands, described with Gaimard several bird species, one is Canary-winged Finch Melanodera melanodera, Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi is named after him, portrait on stamps from British Antarctic Territory November 4, 1985 and French Antarctic Territories January 1, 1990.

Raffles, Sir Stamford (1781-1826) British naturalist and civil servant, described several bird species, among others Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatran, Red-crowned Barbet Megalaima rafflesii is named after him, portrait on stamps from Singapore September 4, 1955 and August 9, 1969.

Raimondi, José Antonio (1826-1890) Italian naturalist and explorer, mostly in Peru where he was employed at the Lima Museum, from time to time he sent bird skins to the museum in Warsaw, he issued also an extensive description of the fauna and flora of Peru, portrait on stamp from Peru March 31, 1992.

Ridley, Harry Nicholas (1855-1956) British naturalist, especially botanist, 1888 director of the Botanical Garden in Singapore, back in England he lived at Kew Gardens, where he also devoted himself to bird watching. The subspecies ridleyana of the Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis is named after him 1888 after he visited Brazil 1887, portrait on stamps from Christmas Island April 30, 1977 and July 11, 1990.

Ross, Ronald (1857-1932) British Indian physician, studied the possibility that malaria is carried by mosquitoes and used chiefly for that purpose sparrows of the genus Passer, portrait on stamps from Sweden December 10, 1961 and Grenadines of Grenada October 18, 1995.

Roullier, Karl (1814-1858) Russian naturalist who 1830-1850 made thorough investigations of the bird fauna in the Moscow area, which were published in a series of paper 1839-58, portrait on stamp from Soviet Union December 26, 1958.

Saemundsson, Bjarni (1867-1940) Icelandic zoologist, undisputed authority on Iceland's fauna, published 1936 "Fuglarnir" which was the bird volume of a larger work, portrait on stamp from Iceland November 9, 1989.

Saint-Hilaire, Auguste (1779-1853) French botanist and zoologist, who visited Brazil 1816-22, owned a bird collection which later was brought to the Paris Museum and studied by Viellot, portrait on stamp from Brazil September 30, 1953.

Salim, Ali (or possibly Ali, Salim, 1896-1987) Indian ornithologist, who wrote several books about the Indian bird fauna, most famous is the Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan in ten volumes, a few bird subspecies have been named after him among others the Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis salimalii, portrait on stamps from India November 12, 1996.

Salvadori Paleotti, Tommasso (1835-1923) Italian naturalist and physician, 1868-1913 professor of natural history at the university of Turin and leading expert on exotic birds, described over 100 bird species , the Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorian is named after him, portrait on stamp from Papua New Guinea August 19, 1970.

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von Siebold, Philipp Franz (1796-1866) German physician and naturalist, collecting in Japan 1823-29 and 1859-61, issued in Leiden Fauna Japonica, the White-bellied Green-Pigeon is named after him, portrait on stamps from Japan February 16, 1996 and Germany February 17, 1996.

Solander, Daniel (1733-1782) Swedish naturalist and explorer, 1763 librarian at the British Museum, member of Cook's voyage 1768-71, Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri is named after him, portrait on stamps from New Zealand May 1, 1935 and October 9, 1969, from Australia April 20, 1970 and March 19, 1986 and from French Polynesia August 28, 1986.

Sparrman, Anders (1748-1820) Swedish naturalist and explorer, member of Cook's voyage 1772-75, travelling in South Africa 1776 and Senegal 1787-88, described many new species in his book "Museum Carlsonianum", one of them is the White Tern Gygis alba, portrait on stamps from Australia April 20, 1970 (in green dress), from Sweden September 22, 1973 and from French Polynesia August 28, 1986.

Speke, John (1827-1864) British officer, naturalist and explorer in India and Africa, where he collected birds, Speke's Weaver and Fox's Weaver are both named after him as Ploceus spekei and Ploceus spekeoides, portrait on stamps from Grenadines of St Vincent July 29, 1988 and Uganda November 15, é 1989. i

Sturt, Charles (1795-1869) British officer. civil servant and explorer in Australia, where he collected birds, he was also a famous bird painter, portrait on stamps from Australia June 2, 1930 and Great Britain April 18, 1973.

Thunberg, Carl (1743-1828) Swedish naturalist and explorer in South Africa, East Indies and Japan, described new bird species, among others Edible-nest Swiftlet Collocalia fuciphaga, the subspecies thunbergi of the Yellow Wagtail Motacilla lava is named after him, portrait on stamp from Sweden September 22, 1973.

White, John (1750-1832) British physician, from 1786 living in Austraiia, where he contributed to the early exploration of the bird fauna of New South Wales, described the Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata, can be seen in a group picture on stamps from Australia October 1, 19:37. J Wilkins, Hubert (1888-1958) British explorer in the Arctic and Antarctic, discovered Wilkin's Finch or Grosbeak Bunting, named after him as Nesospiza wilkins 1923, portrait on stamp from British Antarctic Territory February 14, 1973.

Wilson, Edward (1872-1912) British naturalist and explorer in the Antarctic, where he was one of the first to scientifically study the nesting area of the Emperor Penguin, the subspecies wilson of the South Polar Skua Catharaeta maccormicki is named after him, portrait on stamp from British Antarctic Territory March 19,1987.

Woodford, Charles Morris (1852-1927) British civil servant, naturalist and explorer in the West Pacific area from about 1880, where he collected for the Tring Museum, the genus Woodfordia (White-eyes) is named after him as well as the White-billed Crow Corvus woodford, portrait on stamp from British Solomon islands April 15, 1870. f f f In* »in»»w»~

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so' Reg Jones is an inveterate lister. Following hard on the WWF listing which appeared in the June.1999 issue, he has sent me several more kinds to be going on with, all well illustrated, in cofour, by material from his collection. Over the next few issues f shall be showing one of them, alas with the iffustrafions reduced to black and white. This particular list covers bird species not yet illustrated on genuine postage stamps but appearing either on Cinderella material or on genuine stamps not fisted in the systematic section of the 4th edition of Stanley Gibbons' "Collect Birds on Stamps (CBoS)". There are a few annotations which reflect subsequent genuine stamp issues showing the relevant new species; these will presumably be listed in any future edition of CBoS. Reg has written:

'A total of 274 species were found. This is certainly an incomplete list and I would be most interested if members can add to (or subtract from) it. There may well be many more species, especially from British local stamps since 1982 and from National Wildlife Federation issues since the late Gustav Eglaj's article in "Flight" in 1988.'

Reg used Howard & Moore second edition (1984) for his references but I have reverted to first edition (1980) numbering and names for the sake of consistency with current "Flight" usage. Editor

ABBREVIATIONSi

NWF National Wildlife Federation (USA) FDS Federal Duck Stamps ...... APPX SG "Collect Birds on Stamps" appendix item (so not in the systematic listing of ...... bird species.) ... TR Official Trucial States stamp catalogue number RO Catalogue of British local stamps number SC Scott's catalogue number Prest Prestamped H&C Hunting & Conservation RAPT Rehabilitation and Prevention of Tuberculosis (i~ is logo) H&M Howard & Moore (1980) edition of "Birds of the World" PS : Postal Stationery REFERENCES: NWF (Gustav Eglajs) Flight Vol. 3 No.1, Sept. '88 Danish Christmas Seals (Roger Chapman) Flight Vol. 9 No. 2, Dec. 1994 OTC == Outside the Catalogue (TB seals) Flight Vol. 5 No. 3, March 1991 Section 8 of Musbaugh's U.S. All-fund Seal catalogue, John B Denune Christmas Seals Vernon E Bressler More on Duck Stamps: The USA Federal Duck Stamps (E Reg Jones) Flight Vol. 6 No. 4, June 1992 ATA Handbook 106 plus 1 & 2 supplements

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NON-PASSERINES - PART 1 (All illustrations are % linear size unless otherwise slated) H&M SPECIES SOURCE/ORIGIN

9-12 Least Grebe NWF 1963 /OTC

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II IC 1977 $5 RW44 /OTC Canada 1994 $8.50 C10/OTC

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. .. H&M .. SPECIES SOURCE I ORIGIN . .. i . 27-110 . Australian White-eyed Duck Victoria, Australia 1981 I 5189851 '90 Inc I . -4-5 .As ""*"n .hi r H-' ** _'*='. I ' I »'>~='.* 'h** r $3 Fish & Wildlife stamp OTC . ,1 1 -If *J-. . ..*;*'4 . ".1. .*,n*;" !_I Tb " i* (Now issued as a stamp by Indonesia. (See F13/3 - Editor) 1-uf . p\l.*l I In

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30-159 Harris's Hawk Nuitao (Tuvalu) 1985 250 SC 8514 APPX NWF 1968

30-166 Short~tailed Hawk NWF 1987 OTC 30-167 Swanson's Hawk NWF 1964 OTC 30-169 White-tailed Hawk NWF 1981 OTC 30-173 Hawaiian Hawk Pineapple Post (Hawaii) 1981 100 Unlisted ATA 106-1

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i § 1 I g 34-24(a) Blue-throated I I Piping Guan Paraguay 1973 15c MK 2230 / APPX l 3 g : 1 Q (Note that this is regarded as a sub-species of 34-24 Common Piping Guan in I % > I H&M (1980) - which exists on Trinidad & Tobago SG 757 - Editor) r I e l I--L-* -w-ur -.~... .-.-.,.'-».,-.*.~.-..~--~.- §

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35-5 Dusky (Blue) Grouse NWF 1972 / OTC

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35-121 Brown Quail Victoria, Australia 1981 $2 Wildlife stamp OTC

35 123 Indian Blue Quail Victoria, Australia 1976 $2 Wildlife stamp OTC

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35-165 Chinese Monal Pheasant Ajman 1972 50d TR 1404/ATA 106

Occussi-Ambeno (Timor) MS $2 Unlisted ATA 106

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43-88 BaiIlon's Crake NZ Birdpex 90 $1 (No. 28 s.sp. affinis) OTC

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I 4 ¢" "1 BIRD DIARY Roger Chapman (58) \+. Serendipity on the Hill

I have said before that fewer birds are seen as you climb but some hill sightings can be very memorable. There were two examples last summer - which l didn't get round to writing up for the September diary. In July my wife and I were approaching the summit of Ben Cruachan - a sizeable hill in northern Argyll when we heard some cheeping sounds that alerted us. The summit terrain is very rough; it is really just a jumble of rocks and boulders with lots of gaps and holes among them so you have to be careful where you are placing your feet. The sounds seemed to be coming from all around us and we were mystified as to their source until, eventually, the procession emerged. My wife saw the mother bird first but I spotted one of the half-grown chicks. Its identity escaped me until I too saw the mother ptarmigan and watched her leading her four chicks away to safety in some hole in the rocks. Ben Cruachan's is a well-~ trodden summit and these chicks must have been reared in a nest virtually under all the walkers' feet.

Si A ptarmigan nest appears on the 1967 Iceland 5k+50 Charity stamp. It shows I! the eggs lying on a cushion of grasses but they can sometimes be laid on a bare scrape in the ground. I think the Cruachan nest may have been of this kind since there was no grass close by. iuoows Grus 'H A few weeks later we were with a small group of people walking the Monega Pass that goes from Glen Shee, near Braemar to Glen Isle. The route holds to the 3000ft level for some time with the summit on Glas Maol at 3500ft. This is a very different kind of hill from Cruachan as its ...... name indicates. Glas Maol means 'Grey-green bald head' in Gaelic (according to Peter Drummond's . . . .. invaluable 'Scottish Hill and Mountain Names). lt is one of those hills that has a spherical summit dome which you keep climbing for ages before sighting the top. Eventually the top of a triangulation pillar broke the horizon and we were there. Truth to tell, there were a few pimples on the bald top - a heap of small rocks close by the pillar - and we settled down on these to take a belated lunch break. One of the party was at the blueberry muffin stage when a smart black~and-white bird, just a little bigger than a chaffinch, flew in and perched a few yards away. lt edged nearer and was obviously 'on the make' for picnic goodies. While this is common enough with chaffinches at picnic sites it seemed unusual for a

snow bunting at 3500ft, At length it took crumbs almost from the hand before flying off down the hill...... But it was soon back, accompanied by two females/immatures. They were a bit shyer but probably would have moved in for pickings after we left. We hoped they wouldn't become dependent on blueberry muffins but supposed that, ordinarily, hillside bilberries might form part of their diet. When I told another birdwatcher about this sighting a few days later he reported that flocks of snow buntings regularly appear in the Glen Shee ski centre car park during the winter months and seem to do well there on scraps from picnickers. So it appears to be a special case of the species' habitual vertical migration from the summits in summer to the middle heights in winter, following the food supply.

Another Iceland stamp gives the best portrait of a pair of snow buntings. The "I 4: Vu • ISLAN'i5

. .. 1989 100k value shows the difference in coloration between the male and female ...... 10000 .. . SOL QI§WK}4 .. in summer plumage very clearly. The head, nape and underparts of the male (the rear bird on the stamp) are startlingly white in contrast to its black back and upper wings while the female comes in shades of light and dark brown. This stamp also qualifies for a collector of 'stamps on stamps' because it appears (with two other stamps) on a special miniature sheet issued in 1994 for 'Stamp Collecting Day' - sold at 200k.

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This was the scene established in our minds after some time there. Just after our arrival, walking from the car park to the visitor centre, we had had no time to do more than hear the background noise and glimpse a few flocks of grazing geese when the explosion occurred. The path was flanked on either side by tall hedges which restricted the views so the sound came first. There was a great surge of goose noise and then the sky darkened distinctly as, seemingly, every barnacle on the reserve took flight in unison in dense swirling masses. The seasoned members of the group knew that there had to be a flying predator about, and with such a reaction from the geese it could really only be a peregrine falcon. We were cursing our luck for being in such a tight place, without any kind of panoramic view, when one of the group thought to look back to see if anything was visible where we had come from. 'Peregrinel - ten feet up and coming our way' she cried and we all saw the hunter, a large and almost certainly female bird, hurtle along the line of the path just above the hedgerows. lt was so close that we could make out its facial 'moustaches' quite clearly. It burst into the masses of geese causing groups of them to break right, left, up and down to try to escape it. The peregrine showed an incredible degree of . manoeuvrability at high speed, at one point changing from horizontal to near vertical flight in an instant in ...... a manner that no human interceptor pilot (or airframe) could have withstood. In spite of our position, much of the aerial chase remained in our view. The peregrine takes its prey by striking it in flight with its powerful taloned legs, using its high speed diving or flight to add to the impact. On this occasion it missed out! Perhaps there were just too many geese and it couldn't concentrate on taking just one.

Later, when we had seen the geese from a number of different viewpoints, we came to recognise the scaled reaction of the flocks to disturbance. A human-induced noise (such as the slamming of the door of a hide) would just cause some of the nearer birds to raise their heads and perhaps rise a short way before settling again. A different kind of predator, perhaps a buzzard which is really too weak in the leg to threaten a full-grown and healthy goose, tended to cause a bigger wave of reaction - but still scarcely moving the main flocks from where they were feeding. lt was only the peregrine (and we witnessed another peregrine pass later from one of the tower hides) that was recognised as a total threat, causing all the birds to lift and most likely settle eventually in a different part of the reserve.

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the prey after the capture - while the falconer . approaches. These two images have rather a posed look and the fact that we are not witnessing a wild falcon is made evident. But until the recent, and lavish, Liberia bird issues there has been nothing else to my knowledge. The 1999 'Birds of prey' $2 miniature sheet (see F13/4 and F14/1 new issue listing) filled the gap. LIBERIA PEREGRINE The stamp itself shows the falcon in characteristic diving 'stoop' with its wings half folded and close to striking a hapless garganey. Garganeys are a lot smaller than barnacle geese (and little seen in Scotland) but they are still worthy prey for a peregrine, particularly for the smaller male

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Page 106 FLIGHT December 1999 Vol.14 No.2 One of the hottest stumps around cannot be used for mailing letters

I 4 z E The $15 "duck stamp" is technically issued by the Department I of the Interior ; Acknowledge, 'Staten Islam Advance. (New York) I

Every year, stamp collectors and graphic designers argue about and vote for the stamp issued in the preceding 12 months they con- I sider most attractive. Sadly, the

one stamp that eclipses every I other one in terms of beauty, detail and artistry always is over- Lu lunkvzl Issued every year since i* * ! in' _J UP 19:34. each has been more impres- J# §*g "l swf than the one before. Still, *+1 r 4.1r4* none has ever won f The: stamp in question is the an- I />|~-$1 UEFA l{"IIM'.1?,'!\"i UF 'ICE INTER! OR nual "duck stamp." Intended for i J' 1\ I ¥», L -.r,\ • _a- .0 * Q -.I. ' ..l., '.¢1] ..»-_.. KIL_ 52 .»»l¢.P \')~?.r.~\ 1: §a~12-' -=l.~/-'1t*»'¢¢*fI¥,¢-'»~ Cd'Q E use by hunters, the $15 stamp is o technically issued by the Depart- ment of the Interior. Even though it's sold in most post offices across for a plate block of six the stamps for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv- the country, because it can't be aren'l cheap, over the years ice. Fully 98 percent of all reve- used to pay the postal rate on a they've proven to be a good invest- nues collected from theslamps (to letter, it isn't included in the popu- ment. Unlike many postage date totaling more than hall a larity polls. As is always the case, stamps, dealers never offer less BILLION dollars) goes to their this year's stamp is nothing short than the face value for zz duck conservation efforts. which are of magnificent. stamp in good condition. Elven nothing less than massive. Duck used 'specimens from recent years stamp revenues have purchased Designed by wildlife artist Jim bring $3 to $10 apiece, depending more than 5 million acres of wild- llautman, the 1999 duck stamp on condition. life habitat. in addition, the funds features a pair of Greater Scaup For the older duck stamps. if go to the upkeep of 500 national ducks. a variety not seen in most you want to buy any. get ready to wildlife refuses, thousands of parts of America. ilautman's take out a second mortgage. in small wetlands and hundreds of image shows the colorful pair fly- unused condition, individual speci- field stations, assistance offices Ing low across a windy sea with a mens of the first nine duck stamps and fish hatcheries. No matter hunter and his dog in a boat. Far- regularly sell for between $200 your political bent, you have to ther in the background is a rocky and $800 apiece. For the plate ailment this is one thing the govern- shoreline with evergreen trees. I blocks, be prepared to shell url as ment is doing right. The early morning sky in the much as $10,000. i image suggests how cold it is on The new 1999 duck stamps are the water during a fall hunt. The reason [or the constant valid for hunting use through the I value for duck stamps is the of Regular readers know f con- spring of 2000. in addition to most combination of their limited print- all post offices, they are available ! sider these stamps the finest ing and broad appeal. in addition at all Wal-Mart, K-Mart and many pieces of collectible miniature art to duck hunters. who are required hunting supply stores. They are produced. In addition to being to carry the stamps when hunting. being sold in the traditional gum- printed In precision Qoiors they wildlife enthusiasts. conservation- med-back stamp as well as an ar- are also engraved to offer the fin- ists and stamp collectors collect guably strange and tlifficult-to- est detail imaginable. them annually collect self~adhesive format. Ei- Although, at $15 apiece and $60 That collector base is a big plus ther way, the price is the same.

December 1999 Vol. 14 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 107 RECENT NEW BIRDS IN THE PHILATELIC AVIARY X Adapted from articles by Bruce Cruickshank

The end of an era for "Flight"

No member of the Society can have missed Bruce Cruickshank's regular features under this heading. The first one appeared in March 1991 and since then we have been kept up-to-date about bird species newly appearing on stamps. 8ruce's articles have been prepared primarily for the American Topical Association's magazine "8iophilately" for which he has been the ornithological editor but we have ,had

the privilege of using them in "Ffighf". ' 'Z

Bruce has also prepared a quarterly new issue listing for "Biophifately" which has been one of the foundations of ours since the Society was formed. He shared in the development of the concept of 'truth tables' in order to add rigour to identification of birds on stamps and l have always accorded his judgements more weight than those of anybody else since l have been co-ordinating our new issue listing.

Time does not stand still and Bruce has decided to relinquish his "Biophilatefy" role. This is therefore his last 'e vary' feature and contribution to our new issue listing. We all owe him our thanks for his sterling services. The bright spot is that he remains a member of our Society and we can hope that, freed from the relentless publication cycle, he will be moved to produce occasional pieces for "Flight" on subjects that catch his interest. I

Editor

GERMANY 1998, 110 + 50pf 27-110 AUSTRALIAN WHITE-EYED DUCK, Aythya australis, ANA TIDAE (F13/2) [The identification was changed to 27~112 FERRUGINOUS DUCK, Aythya nyroca in F13/3. The two species are similar and closely related, but the portrait appears consistent with A.nyroca and Germany is within its range - Editor] Length, 17 - 23 inches, sexes similar, resident. The male has a general chestnut-brown colour, the upper wing with a white bend, the under tail-coverts white. The female has a lighter genera! colour. The bill is long, broad, blackish with a subterminal blue-grey bar in the male and a similar white bar in the female. The iris is white in the male, dark brown in the female. Habitat: swamps, vegetated lakes. Range: se Australia. Reference: Madge, S and Hilary Burn, "Waterr'owf'

CHINA (TAIWAN) 1998, $5 30-208 MOUNTAIN HAWK EAGLE, Spizaetus nipalensis, ACCIPITRIDAE (F13/2) Length 29 inches; sexes alike; migrant. Upperparts dark brown, crown blackish with crest of 4 x 4" feathers, sometimes held erect. Side of head and neck streaked black and buff. Throat and breast white with conspicuous median black line, breast streaked blackish-brown. Abdomen pale brown, barred with white. Upper tail-coverts pale brown with broad white bars, underside of tail barred with black and white. Tarsi feathered, narrowly barred brown and gg§ Q, am% white.Habitat, near streams in dense forest to 13,000 feet. Range: India to ne China and Japan; winters in se Asia. Reference: Meyer de Schauensee, R "Birds of China". '/

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5 ) ii I . q ZIMBABWE 1998, $9.90 130-24 SWYNNERTON'S BUSH ROBIN, Pogonocichla swynnertoni, MUSCICAPIDAE (TURDINAE) (F13/2) - Length 61/2 inches, sexes alike; resident. Head, chin, throat and rest of upperparts plain, dull grey, White collar separated from breast by black band, breast grey, fading to pale yellow on abdomen. Tail dark grey, Iris & bill black, legs & feet pink. Habitat: montane forest. Range: ne Zimbabwe, Mozambique & Tanzania Reference: Newman, K "Birds of Southern Africa Charles FM Swynnerton, 1977-1938, was the first game warden in Tanganyika Territory and Director of Tsetse Research.

ZIMBABWE 1998, $7.50 136-246 CHIRINDA APALIS, Apalis chirindensis, MUSCICAPIDAE (SYL VINAE) (F13/2) Length 6% inches, sexes alike, resident. A grey bird, darker and more even above than below, and with an incomplete white supercilium, white throat and white bars on under-tail. Iris black with yellow ring, legs and feet pink. Habitat: highland forest and dense woodland. Range: n to c Mozambique and e Zimbabwe (Chirinda Forest). Reference: Newman, loc ci!

ZIMBABWE 1998, $5.60 145-24 MIOMBO GREY TIT, Parus griseiventris, PARIDAE (F13/2) Length 5% inches, sexes alike, resident. Forehead, crown and nape black, separated from grey back by narrow, white hind-collar. Sides of face white. Throat, breast and central abdomen black, rest of underparts white. Tail grey with black edges and tip. Iris black; bill grey, legs & feet black. Habitat: Miombo woodland. Range: s - c Africa. Reference: Newman, loc cit.

VENEZUELA 1998, 200b 157-185 YELLOW-BELLIED TANAGER, Tangara xanthogastra, EMBEREZIDAE (THRAUPINAE) (F14/1) Length 4.7 inches; sexes alike, resident. Crown and mantle black, ('A»loc6 am feathers edged green and greenish-blue. Throat and breast green, W-ncturla in spotted black, central abdomen bright yellow. Tail black, edged on punk pdvikdado green. to d lweuln 1i-n11I 9****1 Habitat: interior of rain and cloud forests at 4000-6000 feet. Range: s \'k*nifk0 'vi-"»~¢~o-¢~H'*" William H. Phelps \m~un» Venezuela to Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil. mn Mu de nnlidlfkillll wacuhnn-aawrk'lnl

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Page 110 FLIGHT December 1999 Vol.14 No.2 A E IDENTIFICATION PARADE a All members are invited to write to me on any point concerning the identification or description of new issues no matter how tentative their judgment may be; confirmation is sought especially for "alternative" identifications in the "CORRECTIONS" section and all those in the "QUERIES" section of this feature as well as for identifications marked with a in the New issue listing. Corrections are expressed in terms of Howard & Moore (1980) no matter what reference numbers and names are used by the contributors. Editor

CORRECTIONS ISSUE COUNTRY VALUE NUMBER IDENTIFICA TION SOURCE

F9/3 PHILIPPINES 5p 83-31 PHILIPPINE TROGON , Harpactes ardelis g s correction 164-107 CHESTNUT MANNIKIN, i (See 'Internet' feature) Lonchura malacca CG FIO/3 CHINA (TAIWAN) $2.50 175-51 AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE, Cyanopica cyans correction 175-46 RED-BILLED BLUE MAGPIE, Urocissa erythrorhynchus KS F12/4 NAMIBIA Self-adhesive definitives delete 50c 66-67 LAUGHING DOVE, Streptopelia senegalensis E replace by (NVI) (500) 69-94 PEACH-FACED LOVEBIRD, Agapornis roseicollis Editor F1311&1313 TANZANIA 200s Unidentified bird possible identification 16- Species of BOOBY STM F1312 ZIMBABWE $1 .20 151-47 YELLOW-BELLIED SUNBIRD, Nectarinia jugulars correction 151-55 VARIABLE SUNBIRD, Necfa rinia venusta BC F13/4 BOSNfA 2k40 30-52 GRIFFON VULTURE, Gyps fulvus 1 Country corrected to: BOSNIA (CROATIAN POSTS) GSM F13/4 GRENADA 70c 27-9 RED-BILLED WHISTLING DUCK I value correction Zinc Editor F1314 NETHERLANDS 80c 62-83 SANDWICH TERN, Thalasseus sandvicensis alternative suggested 62-56 ARCTIC TERN, Sterna paradisaea BC/KS/CG (I confess to still preferring s an dvicensis, because the tail streamers seem too short for paradisaea and the migration route looks better for sandvicensis. The birds are sketchily drawn though and I will leave the matter to individual judgment.) F1314&14/1 VENEZUELA 60th anniversary of national park I repeated this issue in rather different styles and with different identifications of the parrot. Sorry! Take the F14/1 listing with the following correction: 200b 69-231 YELLOW-BILLED AMAZON, Amazon collaria correction 69-204 SEVEN-COLOURED PARROTLET, Touit beta vice BC/KS F14/1 AUSTRIA 7s 64-4 COMMON GUILLEMOT, Uris aalge correction Unidentified waterbird (See 'Here & There, EUROPA feature) F14i1 GHANA 400c 175- Species of Magpie identification 175-51 AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE, Cyanopica cyans KS F14/1 HUNGARY 27f1 136-44 AQUATIC WARBLER, Acrocephalud pa ludicola correction 154-6 ROCK BUNTING, Emberixa cia KS/CG/HSM HUNGARY 32ft 30-80 MONTAGU'S HARRIER, Circus pygargus correction 32-55 SAKER FALCON I Falco cherry CG/JC/HSM FI4/I INDONESIA 500r 66-64 RED-COLLARED DOVE, Streptopelia tranquebarica correction 66-103 ZEBRA DOVE, Geopelia striate STM/KS F14/1 ST. VINCENT 70c 30- Species of EAGLE 4»Ur<;¢e M Iw:°m!'~',> ¢.§:J5 Ustwm: _4 A . I identification <30--II-4-BA `*°»<» .. , ala-erlbanaphusalelhus GSM l;,»!'.1/¢"y§' . .. . F14/1 UNITED STATES Sonoran Desert Wildlife ...... In surrounds, 2 flying 175- Species of JAY ...... correction 144-9 VERDIN, Auriparus flaviceps BP . .. . . in surrounds, in tree hole 73-115 SPOTTED OWL, Strix occidentals .. . . . correction 73-79 ELF OWL, Micrathene whitney BP .. .. . \ s . BP has pointed out the the species names are given on the reverse of this sheet but I only saw a ...... drawback of virtual stamp collecting. . website illustration - a ...... December 1999 VoI.14 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 111 ...... §

2 QUERIES

F1314 DENMARK 5k50. 58-3 BAR-TAILED GODWIT, Limosa lapponica I wrote at some length in this section of the last issue in response to HSM's doubts about the bar~tailed id, though leaving it unchanged at the end. Anthony Grainger (81) has sent me the following analysis which supports this conclusion. a) The foreground bird (in the water) has the red-russet underparts right through, which are diagnostic for Bar-tailed Godwit (not Black-tailed as noted on page 46 (of F14/1). [Agree: my slip of the pen! - Editor] b) The 'posture' of all the birds in the water is that of Bar-tailed (i.e. relatively short-legged and dumpy, compared to the elegance and height of the Black-tailed). c) The bird in flight also shows the "whitish-rump triangle" of Bar-tailed. Conclusion: The birds are BAR~TAlLED References: - Shefl Guide to Birds of Britain & Europe Shorebirds [NIT/ALS BC Bruce Cruickshank BP Bruce Poulter CG Chris Gibbins GSM Gibbons Stamp Monthly HSM Dr. H S Moore . .. JC Jacquie Crozier .. KS Kjell Scharning STM Stamp Magazine

Irish Bird Definitives

Since January 1997, Irish bird definitives have been issued in a steady stream. They have been reported piecemeal in "Flight" new issue listings but since they have appeared in a number of different formats I am publishing here a consolidated list that includes all the distinct material that I am aware of. The new issue listing deals in different, designs, denominations, sizes, backings and booklet formats but not different paper types and phosphor markings. Since the Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers were revised wholesale in the catalogue supplement contained in Gibbons Stamp Monthly for July 1999 I am quoting the new ones for members' convenience. I am also quoting the "Flight" new issue listing in which the stamps were reported.

1) BASIC DESIGN SIZE 21 x 24 mm (V) or 24 x 21 mm (H) so; No. Den. Bird VIH Date of Issue Flight ref. 1031 1F> 175061 Magpie V 27.8.97 F12/2 1032 29 16001 Northern Gannet V 27.8.97 F12/2 1033 4D 43074 Corncrake V 27.8.97 F12/2 1034 So 66009 Wood Pigeon H 2.4.98 F13/1 1035 10p 84011 Common Kingfisher V 27.8.97 F12/2 1036 20p 57001 Lapwing V 27.8.97 F12/2 1037 28p 145040 Blue Tit H 16.1.97 F11/4 1038 30p 130267 Blackbird V 2.4.98 F13/1 1039 30p 136157 Goldcrest V 4.9.98 F13/1 (Note that this stamp was only issued in £3 stamp booklets which she w the upper and lower edges of the pane imperforate, 1.9. imperforate upper .QL lower edge on a single Sta mp.) 1053 32p 130031 European Robin V 16.1.97 F11/4 1054 35p 130146 Stonechat . V 2.4.98 F13/1 1055 40p 57029 Ringed Plover H 2.4.98 F13/1 1056 44p 64020 Atlantic Puffin V 16.1.97 F11/4 1057 45p 130280 Song Thrush V 2.4.98 F13/1 1058 50p 30102 European Sparrow Hawk H 2.4.98 F13/1 1059 52p 72002 Barn Owl V 16.1.97 F11/4 i | 'Cl S: 'kw ac Mms I 0 eyes 1 I 1 I I ( l I \ c l. 'I 3 i I cnunwaw ( _ i 1 be me s E élite

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NEW ISSUE LISTING NUMBERS are exclusively Howard & Moor(1980 edition) in Special thanks to Bruce Cruickshank, Chris Gibbins, Ted Johnson and Kjell Scharning for their contributions. Selected information has also been taken fro g 'Gibbons Stamp Monthly', 'Stamp Magazine' and 'Coin & Stamp Mart'. ca E-ARGENTlNA 12.12.98 e '5'0c 81256 RED-TAILED COMET SAPPHO SPARGANURA TROCHIIJDAE as"

co1 ""\-.4..13 ARGENTINA 12.6.99 Pigeon posts.

5c. Compass rose, letter and II! 00000 HOMING PIGEON COLUMBIDAE § is AUSTRALIA 1.10.99 1 of 6, 1 of sheetlet of 6 and 1 of self-adhesive pair. 2 45c 84067 SACRED KINGFISHER HALCYON SANCTA ALCEDINIDAE 9 N AZERBAIJAN 18.8.97 Commercial oil wells. 1 of 2. 500m Modern oil platform and 62000 Species of GULL LARIDAE

AZERBAIJAN 3.4.98 Hash Alijev, ecologist. 500m Portrait, scenery and 30000 Species of EAGLE ACCIPITRIDAE

71T" AZERBAIJAN 1999 EUROPA. 1 of 2v. Q 1000m 25001 GREATER FLAMINGO P1-1OEN1COPTEFeUS RUBER PHAENICOPTERIDAE re "I BARBUDA 23.11.98 Butterflies. 2 birds, one in each of Mo 1997 sheetlets of Antigua reported in F12/3 overprinted 'BARBUDA MAIL'.

BARBUDA 1999 Endangered species. 5 birds, one in MS and two in each of two 1997 sheetlets of Antigua reported in F12/1 and F12/2, overprinted 'BARBUDA MAlL'.

BELARUS (new denom. on label) 26.4.99 IBRA '99. Overprints on 1993 set (F8/4). Sold as intact unit only (6 blocks of 4 in sheet). 150,000r (and on label) 30196 GOLDEN EAGLE AQUILA CHRYSAETOS ACCIPITRIDAE 27010 MUTE SWAN CYGNUS OLOR ANATIDAE 84011 COMMON KINGFISHER ALCEDO ATTHIS ALCEDINIDAE

/ \ _ BOSNIA 22.4.99 Flora & fauna. 1 of 2v. ~62=12'=*L

. BlLLEE)*--PIt8'E@1*wl €61':bHQ»4lB»4r "1.8m. 'City view and 3 colourings of' 66046 SHORT . - P=HG1"?v'R@~S-73RlS COL UMBIDAE ... This. is a central American bird and the identification is doubtful at present

15.3.99 Bulgaria '99 stamp exhibition, Sofia. Parrots, listed un identified (as 15.6.99) in F14/1. 67013 RAINBOW LORY TRICHOGLOSSUS HAEMATOD US LORIIDAE 69053 EASTERN ROSELLA PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS PSITTACIDAE 69075 BUDGERIGAR MELOPSlTTACUS UNDULATUS PSITTACIDAE 69131 GREEN-WINGED MACAW ARA CHLOROPTERA PSHTAClDAE ¢=*IJ ULGARIA 13.4.99 EUROPA. National parks. 1 of 2v.

.,,»»=°"' =~**"" faol Ropotamo reserve and 27103 RED-CRESTED POCHARD NETTA RUFINA ANATIDAE *o .of I `D f m '-..._*. . LQ -_BULGARIA 6.10.99 CD 8s 122069 LESSER GREY SHRIKE LANIUS MINOR LANIIDAE -x a" . 0 -A 1 D s 130282 MISTLE THRUSH TURDUS VISCIVORUS TURDINAE o> u9 129010 DUNNOCK PRUNELLA MODULARIS PRUNELLIDAE g 9 Os 154012 ORTOLAN BUNTING EMBERIZA HORTULANA EMBEREZINAE

- . t :|' n: CAMBODIA 12.5.99 Birds of prey. 200r 30186 HARPY EAGLE HARPIA HARPYJA ACCIPITRIDAE

, ~500r 30062 BATELEUR TERATHOPIUS ECAUDATUS ACCIPI TRIDAE /I~900f 30044 EGYPTIAN VULTURE NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS ACCIPITRIDAE

_i 'l000r 32060 PEREGRINE FALCON FALCO PEREGR1/VUS FALCONIDAE / /1500r 30175 RED-TAILED HAWK BUTEO JAMAICENSIS ACCIPITRIDAE I'4000r 30038 AMERICAN BALD EAGLE HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS ACCIPITRIDAE /5400r MS 30030 RED KiTE MILVUS MILVUS ACCIPITRIDAE

"=-...-f"'i CANADA 12.10.99 Official millennium keepsakes. 46c s/a sheet, hologram, flying - 66000 "PEACE" DOVE COLUMBIDAE FLIGHT 55c lithographic sheet, child & 66000 "PEACE" DOVE COLUMBIDAE So intaglio sheet; olive branch & 66000 "PEACE" DOVE COLUMBIDAE

CHINA (TAIWAN) 20.1.99 Chinese art. 1995 new values. (F10/3) originals. 2 of Sv. $1 (was $2.50) 175046 RED-BILLED BLUE MAGPIE UROCISSA ERYTHRORHYNCHA CORWDAE $10 (was $28) 91001 HOOPOE UPUPA EPOPS UPUPIDAE

,»<'~cHlnA (TAIWAN) 11.11.99 National Palace Museum's bird manual. $5 69249 YELQ W-CROWNED AIYIAZQN AMAZONA OCHROCEPHALA PSITTACIDAE <7 . I'--u.-i *$=ial!'il:~."\."** s 69191 . -WINGED 9,&&m& E@RP£d%S PSITTACIDAE 1-v-_lnn=¢\*"

-:.¢*: December . F* ¢:11 i $12 69080 GREY PARROT PSITTACUS ERITHACUS PSITTACIDAE * 0 a l\ n a *"$25 69038 Q-=-E.Q.RR@»T ALISTERUS SCAPULARIS PSITTA CIDAE

CHRISTMAS ISLAND 9.9.99 Christmas 1999. 2 of 3v. 16006 ABBOTT'S BOOBY SULA ABBOTTl SULIDAE ,4*

1999 I* 45c Father Christmas with 1 " ;§:r3V .s. fauna and : 19002 CHRISTMAS ISLAND FRIGATEBIRD FREGATA ANDREWSl FREGATIDAE 14003 WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD PHAETHON l_EPTURUS PHAETHONTIDAE Vo!.14 95c Sleigh taking off with: 16006 ABBOTT'S BOOBY SULA ABBOTTl SULIDAE No.2 COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS 17.6.99 Living mosaic. 7 birds in composite sheet (lagoon picture) of 20, 5 each of 5,10, 25 & 45c values. 'Oc 14002 RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD PHAETHON RUBRICA UDA PHAETHONTIDAE D to 25c 16007 BLUE-FACED BOOBY SULA DACTYLA TRA SUIJDAE O (D 25c 19005 LESSER FRIGATEBIRD FREGATA ARIEL FREGATIDAE S U 19004 GREAT FRIGATEBIRD FREGATA MINOR FREGATIDAE in w ~45c 62089 WHITE TERN GYGIS ALBA 'LARIDAE -\ I 11 45c 19004 GREAT FRIGATEBIRD FREGATA MINOR FREGATIDAE co Q (o .v co 6' 14002 RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA PHAETHONTIDAE

VoI.14 COLOMBIA 27.11.98 Indian musical legends. 1 of 3 designs in sheetlets of 6. 1000p 'Bachue & Huitica' Family in jungle with trees, birds etc. _g so' 9%

No. COMORO ISLANDS 25.1.99 8v. & 2 MSs. ¥. 2 _/75f >< 43032 WATER RAIL RALLUS AQUATICUS RALLIDAE 75f 157173 GREEN-HEADED TANAGER TANGARA SELEDON THRAUPINAE w°""" 'l 50f 64020 ATl_ANTlC PUFFIN FRATERCULA ARCTICA ALCIDAE I"150f 151103 FORK-TAILED SUNBIRD AETHOPYGA CHRISTINAE NECTAR1N11DA E 375fX 35069 BLACK PARTRIDGE FRANCOLINUS FRANCOLINUS PHASIANIDAE ,»*-"'375f 137007 BANDED WREN MALURUS SPLENDENS MALURINAE

FLIGHT y /" 500f \. 35163 HIMALAYAN MONAL PHEASANT LOPHOPHORUS IMPEJANUS PHASIANIDAE 500f f- 132192 SILVER-EARED MESIA LEIOTHRIX ARGENTA URIS TIMALIINAE

_,/*1500f MS r *E 49007 NORTHERN JACANA JACANA SPINOSA JA CANIDAE J500fMS 98032 CUVlER'S TOUCAN RAMPHASTOS TUCANUS RAMP!-IASTIDAE Head in border - 98031 TOCO TOUCAN RAMPHASTOS TOCO RAMPHASTIDAE Head in border - 98000 Species of 'Mountain' TOUCAN RAMPHASTIDAE

COMORO ISLANDS 1999 Environment - Composite sheetlet of 4 stamps. Fauna. Bi-Polar scene! 375f - Stamps 1 & 2 Polar bears & 10001 WANDERING ALBATROSS DIOMEDEA EXULANS DIOMEDEIDAE 375f - Stamp 3 Either gulls or - 11000 Species of PETREL PROCELLARIIDAE

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CONGO 1999 Sheet of 4.

.f=¢=»='"'"°l°* 250f 86009 BLUE-CROWNED MOTMOT MOMOTUS MOMOTA MOMOTIDAE /250f & surrounds 69112 SLATY-HEADED PARAKEET PSITTACULA HIMALA YANA PSITTACIDAE .f alternatively - r 9 9110 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET PSITTACULA KRAMERl PSITTACIDAE ..,~-250f 69096 MASKED LOVEBIRD AGAPORNIS PERSONA TA PSITTACIDAE `D alternatively - 69095 FISCHER'S LOVEBIRD AGAPORNIS FISCHERI PSITTACIDAE cu LQ 250f 66006 STOCK DOVE COLUMBA OENAS COLUMBIDAE et --L alternatively - 66221 SUPERB FRUIT DOVE PTILINOPUS SUPERBUS COLUMBIDAE -\ ~4

...... `€J CONGO 1999 Sheet of 4. =>.»»'°350f & surrounds 30074 MARSH HARRIER CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS ACCIPITRIDAE 'Q in ,/"350f 73119 URAL OWL STRIX URALENSIS STRIGIDAE .. 350f (possible) 30030 RED KITE MILVUS MILVUS ACCIPITRIDAE QUO ~a50f 73060 SPECTACLED OWL PULSATFelX PERSPICILLATA STRIGIDAE

CYPRUS (TURKISH) 20.7.99 UN peace-keeping operation. 150,0001 Flying to island - 66000 "PEACE" DOVE COLUMBIDAE 250,0001 Flying from island 66000 "PEACE" DOVE COLUMBIDAE

DJIBOUTI 16.6.94 10f 48019 WHITE-BELLIED BUSTARD EUPODOTIS SENEGALENSIS OTIDIDAE

DJIBOUTI 25.2.95 Centenary of volleyball. 70f Net, camel and 1001 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS STRUTHIONIDAE

DJIBOUTI 5.4.95 30f 25001 GREATER FLAMINGO PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER PHAENICOPTERIDAE 50f 24001 SACRED IBIS THRESKIORNIS AETHIOPICUS THRESKIORNITHIDAE mE I DJIBOUTI 23.4.96 "1 120f 1001 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS STRUTHIONIDAE

DJIBOUTI 20.4.98 Year of the ocean. 1 of sheet of 12. 750 157071 PARADISE TANAGER TANGARA CHILENSIS DICAEIDAE

o INIC 1.6.99 Prehistoric animals. 1 stamp of each of two composite sheetlets of 9. $1 1 DAWN BIRD ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICAL EXTINCT $1 1AICHTHYORNIS ICHTHYORNIS SP EXTINCT D in n m ECUADOR 1999 100th anniv. of Puyo. 1 of 2v. 3 o~/' /40003 69131 GREEN-WINGED MACAW ARA Cl-1LOROPTERA PSITTACIDAE cu 'N -A EGYPT

to in! to 1.25 Emblem, images and 20000 Species of HERON ARDElDAE

o-Y i 2 "lcoI. 41001 LIMPKIN ARAA/:US GUARAUNA ARAMIDAE 27009 RED-BILLED WHISTLING DUCK DENDROCYGNA -AJ* /I col. AUTUMNAIJS ANATIDAE

`t-D As (D s; 1 col. 27137 MASKED DUCK OXYURA DOMINICA ANATIDAE 4 col. MS 27117 LESSER SCAUP A YTHYA AFFINIS ANATIDAE .¢*".. J 5 g8-FALKLAND ISLANDS 1999 Ducks. 27068 CHILOE WIGEON ANAS SIBILATRIX ANATIDAE 2 17p 27086 CRESTED DUCK ANAS SPECULARIOIDES ANATIDAE /o TEAL ANAS .AS 30p 27088 GEORGIAN GEORGICA ANATIDAE 35p 27091 VERSICOLOR TEAL ANAS VERSICOLOR ANATIDAE 40p 27073 CHILEAN TEAL ANAS FLA VIROSTRIS ANATIDAE

H 55D 27048 FALKLAND IS. FLIGHTLESS STEAMER DUCK TACHYERES BRACHYPTERUS ANATIDAE

FINLAND 1999 Christmas. _n 3m50 163112 BULLFINCH PYRRHULA PYRRHULA FRINGILLIDAE E IQ F RANCE 8.7.99 Children's stamp for the year 2000, `1 3f Figures and 66000 "PEACE" DOVE COLUMBIDAE

FRENCH SOUTHERN .7.99 PHILEXFRANCE. MS with 4 historic stamps @ 5f20. (Illus. front page)

25f MS in border - ? species nun 10001 WANDERING ALBATROSS DIOMEDEA EXULANS DIOMEDEIDAE and- 7001 KING PENGUIN APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS SPHENISCIDAE

GAMBIA Jul. '99 3 from 2 sheets of 12. <~'3d -sheet 1 1DHESPERORNlS HESPERORNlS SP. EXTINCT /4 -:...-I ., 5._____.- 1/G55l -sheet2 1CDIATRYMA DIATRYMA SP. EXTINCT E ~lI ,173d -sheet2 1 DAWN BIRD ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA EXTINCT

to GAMBIA Jul. '99 Marine life of Galapagos. 7 of sheet of 40. 62045 SWALLOW-TAILED GULL CREAGRUS FURCATUS LARIDAE ? species 'l9003 MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD FREGATA MAGNIFICENS FREGATIDAE 16008 RED-FOOTED BOCBY SULA SULA SULIDAE 30168 GALAPAGOS HAWK BUTEO GALAPAGOENSIS ACCIPITRIDAE 20054 GREAT BLUE HERON ARDEA HERODIAS ARDEIDAE 16007 BLUE-FACED BOOBY SULA DACTYLATRA SULIDAE 7018 GALAPAGOS PENGUIN SPHENISCUS MENDICULUS SPHENISCIDAE

...... """G ./ AMBIA Jul. '99 Sea Creatures. 1 of 4v. and 1MS of 2. (Associated with 2 sheets of 12 @ 3d » not birds) 2d 62000 Species of GULL d MS LARIDAE 7002 EMPEROR PENGUIN E? APTENODYTES FORSTERI SPHENISCIDAE _,,.--°-_ F. (3 GAMBIA Aug. '99 Seabirds. Sheet (1) of 9. re'-1 ad **,w 7004 ADELIE PENGUIN <:> 4d PYGOSCELlS ADELIAE SPHENISCIDAE g 63001 BLACK SKIMMER 4d RYNCI-lOPS NIGER RHYNCHOPIDAE 7008 BIG-CRESTED PENGUIN EUDYPTES 4d SCLATEll SPHENISCIDAE .--- 62006 HEERMANN'S GULL F ad LARUS HEERMANNI LARIDAE 62023 GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL 4d LARUS GLAUCESCENS LARIDAE 10006 LAYSAN ALBATROSS DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS 41 15007 AMERICAN DIOMEDEIDAE WHITE PELICAN PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS 4d 64022 TUFTED PUFFIN PELECANIDAE ~>/"ad LUNDA CIRRHA TA ALCIDAE 64005 BLACK GUILLEMOT CEPPHUS GRYLLE ALCIDAE GAMBIA Aug. '99 Seabirds. Sheel (2) of 9. "`4d 64020 ATLANTIC PUFFIN FRA ~4d TERCULA ARCTICA ALCIDAE 14002 RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD _..,,.»»»*" Pi-lAETHON RUBRICAUDA 4d 20042 REDDISH PHAETHONTIDAE EGRET EGRETTA RUFESCENS 4d 62027 LAUGHING ARDElDAE GULL LARUS ATRICILLA 8_ -~d 20049 GREAT LARlDAE EGRET EGRETTA ALBA ad 16001 NORTHERN ARDElDAE °*"* GANNET MORUS cu ad BASSANUS SULIDAE I I 62059 FORSTER'S TERN STERNA "L _,¢"' FORSTERI ~4d. 17004 LARIDAE s' I COMMON CORMORANT Pl-IALACROCORAX CARBO ad 64002 RAZORBILL PHALACROCORACIDAE In surrounds: ALCA TORDA ALCIDAE 16007 BLUE-FACED BCOBY SULA DACTYLATRA SULIDAE GAMBIA Aug. '99 Seabirds. Sheet (3) of 6. '5d 64002 RAZORBILL d ALCA TORDA ALCIDAE 27044 COMMON SHELDUCK 5d TADORNA TADORNA ANATIDAE 62083 SANDWICH TERN THALASSEUS ~5d SAND VICENSIS LARIDAE g 61004 ARCTIC SKUA STERCORARIUS 3 5d PARA3lTlCU3 STEFQCORARIIDAE 16001 NORTHERN GANNET MORUS o~ j 5d BASSANUS SULIDAE m J 62013 COMMON GULL LARUS 'w CANUS LARIDAE --L'\ no . GAMBIA Aug. 1999 Seabirds. 4 CD, \ values and 3 MSs. in ~2d 'American' = sub-sp. palliatus 52001 OYSTERCATCHER HAEMA TOPUS OSTRALEGUS 3d 15004 BLUE-FOOTED HAEMATOPODIDAE BOOBY SULA NEBOUXlI 10d 62019 WESTERN SULIDAE GULL LARUS OCCIDENTALIS 15d 15008 BROWN LARlDAE PELICAN PELECANUS OCClDENTAL/S 25d MS 7003 GENTOO PELECANIDAE PENGUIN PYGOSCELIS PAPUA 25d MS 62018 CALIFORNIAN SPHENISC/DAE 5 GULL LARUS CAL/FORNICUS 25d MS L D LAR/DAE 15001 if WHITE PELICAN PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS PELECAN/DAE

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GHANA (illus. p.71) 1999 Fauna - deciduous woodlands. Composite sheet of 6 with some overlapping. 10000 30088 NORTHERN GOSHAWK ACCIPITER GENTILIS ACCIPITRIDAE D 2 In border, prey of goshawl» 175061 MAGPIE PICA PICA CORVIDAE it)a 10000 73114 TAWNY OWL sTR1x ALUCO STRIGIDAE U* 2 GHANA 1999 Fauna. Composite sheet of 6. FS 10000 87021 EUROPEAN BEE-EATER MEROPS APIASTER MEROPIDAE e 10000 91001 HOOPOE UPUPA EPOPS UPUPIDAE 10000 30058 SHORT-TOED EAGLE CIRCAETUS GALLICUS ACCIPITRIDAE 5. L; GRENADA 12.4.99 AUSTRALIA '99 Exhibition. wildlife. 3 from each of 2 composite s heels of 12. *` 750 Sheet 1 20049 GREAT EGRET EGRETTA ALBA ARDElDAE 2 750 Sheet 1 152044 GREY-BACKED WHITE EYE ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS ZOSTEROPIDAE 9 / /.///,.' r .,¢., 57190'r'$/ .4 c, . N 750 Sheet 1 ? 27137 ~MASKE5' DUCK z >/>0 OXYURA DOMINICA ANATIDAE \._. 750 Sheet 2 132170 CHESTNUT-CAPPED LAUGHING THRUSH GARRULAX MITRATUS TIMALIINAE

(¢*°" a "*" 750 Sheet 2 20053 GREY »€2~;t¢ f HERON ARDEA CINEREA ARDEIDAE 750 Sheet 2 '? 17000 am . CORMORANT PHALACROCORACIDAE pa Own 4'7'3) U GRENADA GRENA DlNES26.4.99 Fauna & Flora. From 2 se-tenant, composite sheets of 9 plus 2 MS s. (Including single bird value of 4 associated si *n $1 Sheet 1 14003 WL{-HE:l;,edtE5 TROPICBIRD PHAETHON LEPTURUS PHAETHONTIDAE $1 Sheet 1 62027 LAUGHING GULL LARUS A TRICILLA LARIDAE .f:Q I $1 Sheets 156044 PAINTED BUNTlNG PASSERINA CIRIS CARDINALINAE "I /~ $1 Sheet 1 162082 COMMON GRACKLE QUISCALUS QUISCULA ICTERIDAE Sheet 2 62069 SOOTY TERN STERNA FUSCA TA LARIDAE Sheet 2 108066 VERMILION FLYCATCHER PYROCEPHALUS ¢ $1 <~ RUBINUS TYRANNIDAE $1 Sheet 2 156040 BLUE GROSBEAK GUIRACA CAERULEA CARDINALINAE . $1 Sheet 2 20049 GREAT EGRET EGRETTA ALBA ARDEIDAE $1.50 81303 RUBY~THROATED HUMMINGBIRD ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS TROCHILIDAE 11.50 MS 159124 BANANAQUIT COEREBA FLA VEOLA PARULIDAE U GUERNSEY 27.7.99 Maritime definitives - Part 2. 4 of 14v. 10, 40, 50 & 75p - in border 62000 Species of GULL LARIDAE

HAITI 1999 Nature protection. Sheetlet of 4v. Birds. 2g 83008 HISPANIOLAN TROGON TEMNOTROGON ROSEIGASTER TROGONIDAE

l edulyv 49 159065 WHITE-WINGED GROUND WARBLER XENOLIGEA MONTANA Data PARULIDAE J ,n .I1174* f .M 10g 157052 BE;-nQ(CK-CROWNED PALM TANAGER \ ILl-lg) PHQENICOPHILUS 1Dl@ttM#9c1'R*b*1lb4- THRAUPINAE m8»~"20Q 25001 GREATER FLAMINGO PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER PHAENICOPTERIDAE :Q in HAITI 1999 Nature protection, Miniature sheet. Birds & other fauna. Composite design. -A N *A 2Qg Four birds as above (same designs but smaller) distributed ~on stamp and border Plus (? species) 85002 NARROW-BILLED TODY TODUS ANGUSTlROSTRfS TODIDAE

...... HONG KONG 21.2.99 Chinese New year. 1 of 12. $1.30 35000 DOMESTIC COCKEREL PHASIANIDAE

~»HUNGARY\ 6.5.99 Animals of the continents. 1@0ft MS 27059 MANDARIN AIX GALERICULATA ANATIDAE / in border - 174037 GREATER BIRD OF PARADISE PARADISAEA APODA PARADISAEIDAE -and unidentified red birds

INDONESIA 5.6.99 Environmental care: water. 1 of 3v.

1,000r Little boy and all 27000 DUCKLING ANATIDAE

IRELAND April '97 Definitives. Self-adhesive pair, without surplus surround. All. 136157 GOLDCREST REGULUS REGULUS SYLVINAE 130267 BLACKBIRD TURDUS MERULA TURDINAE

IRELAND April '97 Definitives. Self-adhesive pair, without surplus surround. 32p 32060 PEREGRINE FALCON FALCO PEREGRINUS FALCONIDAE 32p 130031 EUROPEAN ROBIN ERITHACUS RUBECULA TURDINAE

IRELAND 29.4.99 EUROPA. (See F14l1) Smaller (34x23mm) format for self-adhesive rolls. 30p 27013 WHOOPER SWAN CYGNUS CYGNUS ANATIDAE

ISRAEL 10.9.98 Definitive. 20a 166032 TRISTRAM'S GRACKLE ONYCHOGNATHUS TRISTRAMII STURNIDAE

ITALY 17.4.99 Museum exhibits. 1 of 3. Stained glass window. 8001 '? species 27010 MUTE SWAN CYGNUS OLOR ANA TIDAE

I`JAPAN 5.2.99 Hokkaido. 'Land of snow'. 1 of 4 v.

an t Of ?"1 #- 40005 MANCHURIAN CRANE GRUS JAPONENSIS GRUIDAE

. ¢l*nr -"; '..r' APAN 16.7.99 Niigata ,e?¥J%. @ 80y (different designs) 24010 JAPANESE CRESTED IBIS NIPPONIA NlPPON THRESKIORNITHIDAE

JAPAN (Illus. front page) 23.7.99 Hokkaido ,prefecture. 50y 30040 STELLER'S`SE7v EAGLE HALIAEETUS PELAGICUS ACCIPITRIDAE 50y 64022 TUFTED PUFFIN LUNDA ClRRHATA ALCIDAE ~50y 73053 BLAKlSTON'S FISH OWL KETUPA BLAKISTONI STRIGIDAE 50y 40005 MANCHURIAN CRANE GRUS JAPONENSlS GRUIDAE KOREA (NORTH) 20.5.99 Charles Darwin anniversary. 1 of 5v. in souvenir sheet. 5 30ch Wing bones and 411 62000 GULL LARIDAE 3 go LESOTHO June '99 Birds of the world. Associated with two sheets, below. o,* ¢'g» ,7m 84004 BELTED KINGFISHER CERYLE ALCYON ALCEDINIDAE a .5m 68001 PALM COCKATOO PROBOSCIGER ATERRIMUS CACATUIDAE U ca 2m 30175 RED-TAILED HAWK BUTEO JAMAICENSIS ACCIPITRIDAE 1 3m 64022 TUFTED PUFFIN LUNDA CIRRHA TA ALCIDAE

./2 M 160009 AKIAPOl_AAU HEMIGNATHUS WILSONl DREPANIDIDAE .m _/2 m 163059 AMERlCAN GOLDFINCH CARDUELIS TRISTIS FRINGILLIDAE TE 99138 COMMON FLICKER COLAPTES AURATUS PICIDAE Q I \}2 m 157089 WESTERN TANAGER PIRANGA LUDOVICIANA THRAUPINAE --1 LIBERIA 1999 Seabirds. Sheet of 9 with bird portraits overlapping slightly. 300 17004 COMMON CORMORANT PHALACROCORAX CARBO PHALACROCORACIDAE 300 17012 SHAG PHALACROCORAX ARISTO TEIJS PHALACROCORAClDAE 30c 17014 RED-FACED CORMORANT PHALA CROCORAX URILE PHALACROCORACIDAE 30c 58007 WHIMBREL NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS SCOLOPACIDAE 30c 64022 TUFTED PUFHN LUNDA CIRRHA TA ALCIDAE 30c 62003 iVORY GULL PAGOPHILA ALBA LARIDAE 30c 64004 COMMON GUHLEMOT URIA AALGE ALCIDAE is 30c 27044 COMMON SHELDUCK TADORNA TADORNA ANATIDAE 30c 64002 RAZORBILL ALCA TORDA ALCIDAE In border. head of - 62003 IVORY GULL PAGOPHILA ALBA LARIDAE

flying Q 62043 KITTIWAKE RISSA TRIDACTYLA LARIDAE

MADAGASCAR 1999 ? ~1950f 91001 HOOPOE UPUPA EPOPS UPUPIDAE 'D m 1950f 27056 AFRICAN PYGMY GOOSE NETTAPUS AURITUS in .¢#=' ANATIDAE on 1950f 90001 COUROL LEPTOSOMUS DISCOLOR LEPTOSOMATIDAE --\ N 1950f 89002 SCALY GROUND ROLLER BRACHYPTERACIAS SQUAMIGERA BRACHYPTERACIIDAE CQ

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...... MARSHALL ISLANDS 14.9.98 Marshallese alphabet symbols. 1 of 24. 33c Letter'L' [HOOK BELOW] 14002 RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA PHAETHONTIDAE

*»\` MARSHALL ISLANDS 16.9.99 Birds of the Marshall Islands. 66E'd 66E'd 5c 58001 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT LIMOSA LIMOSA SCOLOPACIDAE 40c 62031 FRANKLIN'S re re GULL LARUS PIPIXCAN LARIDAE 45c 58068 RUFOUS-NECKED SANDPIPER CALIDRIS RUFICOLLIS SCOLOPACIDAE o, 75c 11020 KERMADEC PETREL PTERODROMA NEGLECTA PROCELLARIIDAE $1.20 66223 PURPLE-CAPPED FRUIT DOVE PTILINOPUS PORPHYRACEUS COLUMBIDAE $2 57049 MONGOLIAN PLOVER CHARADRlUS MONGOLUS CHARADRIIDAE $3.20 20034 CATTLE EGRET BUBULCUS IBIS ARDEIDAE >$5 58079 DUNLIN CAIJDRIS ALPINA SCOLOPACIDAE

MICRONESIA 24.5.99 Extinct or endangered species. 3 of 20 (se-tenant) and 1 of 2MSs. -FY" >a30 7015 JACKASS PENGUIN SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS SPHENISCIDAE /330 99038 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS PICIDAE / 33c 26 MAURITIUS DODO RAPHUS CUCULLATUS EXTINCT / r" 1 | - MS 2 MOA I '9 MEGALAPTERYX DIDINUS * 15 . HE-.-.._ $2 CQ 1:-* 1 \. I EXTINCT ,i MONGOLIA 1999 Falcons. Sheetlet (composite pairs in middle row) of 3 rows x 4 cols. Listed in row/col. order. FLIGHT 300t 32042 EUROPEAN HOBBY FALCO SUBBUTEO FALCONIDAE 250t 32024 LESSER KESTREL FALCO NAUMANNI FALCONIDAE 200t 32028 COMMON KESTREL FALCO TINNUNCULUS FALCONIDAE 170t 32060 PEREGRlNE FALCON FALCO PEREGRINUS FALCONIDAE 800t (32056 GYRFALCON FALCO RUSTICOLUS FALCONIDAE 600t 232056 GYRFALCON FALCO RUSTICOLUS FALCONIDAE 400t F.p.peregrinoides = Barbe f32060 PEREGRINE FALCON FALCO PEREGRINUS FALCONIDAE 350t F.p.peregrinoides = Barbe ,32060 PEREGRINE FALCON FALCO PEREGRINUS FALCONIDAE 150t ,32039 MERLIN FALCO COLUMBARIUS FALCONIDAE 1001 32037 RED-FOOTED FALCON FALCO VESPERTINUS FALCONIDAE D 50t 32055 SAKER FALCON FALCO CHERRUG FALCONIDAE on O 30t F.v.amurensis : Amur 32037 RED-FOOTED FALCON FALCO VESPERTINUS FALCONIDAE (D 3 o- NAMIBIA (illus. p.110) 28.6.99 Wetlands of Namibia. (Dw _,..1- 40011 WATTLED CRANE GRUS CARUNCULATUS -A of $1 .60 GRUIDAE ¢o $1 .80 65010 VARIEGATED SANDGROUSE PTEROCLES BURCHELLI PTEROCLIDIDAE no .»-* \¢ uv- ,r 1 ¢o 5* J.. ,H 15' $1.90 '? species 56014 WHITE-COLLARED PRATINCOLE GLAREOLA NUCHALlS GLAREOLIDAE

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December $1.60 87011 SWALLOW-TAILED BEE-EATER MEROPS HIRUNDINEUS MEROPIDAE $1.60 175037 JAY GARRULUS GLANDULARIS CORVIDAE $1.60 136247 BLACK-COLLARED APALIS APALIS PULCHRA SYLVlNAE $1.60 136279 GREY-BACKED CAMAROPTERA CAMAROPTERA BREVICAUDATA SYLVINAE

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Z NEVIS 10.5.99 Birds of the world. $5 MS 159124 BANANAQUIT COEREBA FLAVEOLA PARUIJDAE $5 MS 130260 GROUNDSCRAPER THRUSH TURDUS LITSIPSIRUPA TURDINAE

FLIGHT FLIGHT NEW ZEALAND 27.7.99 Scenic walks. 1 of 6v. Also in booklet panes. 40c Stewart I. and ('? species) 5001 BROWN KIWI APTERYX AUSTRAIJS APTERYGIDAE

NICARAGUA 1998 Seabirds of the world. Sheet of 6. x 6cor P.punctatus sub-sp. 17024 SPOTTED CORMORANT PHALACROCORAX PUNCTATUS PHALACROCORACIDAE alternatively - 17017 CHATHAM CORMORANT PHALACROCORAX FEATHERSTONI PHALACROCORACIDAE 6cor 17016 GUANAY CORMORANT PHALACROCORAX BOUGAINVILLII PHALACROCORACIDAE 6cor 18004 AMERICAN ANHINGA ANHINGA ANHINGA ANHINGIDAE alternatively - 18003 AUSTRALIAN DARTER ANHINGA NOVAEHOLLANDIAE ANHINGIDAE 6cor 17024 SPOTTED CORMORANT PHALACROCORAX PUNCTA TUS PHALACROCORA CIDAE ' ;=< 6cor 17003 LITTLE BLACK CORMORANT PHALACROCORAX SULCIROSTRIS PHALACROCORA CIDAE _ - .A 3 " Scar 15008 BROWN PELICAN PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS PELECANIDAE .g- 12 cor MS 7003 GENTOO PENGUIN PYGOSCELlS PAPUA SPHENISCIDAE

NICARAGUA (Illus. p.105) 1999 Penguins. 5cor 7009 ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN EUDYPTES CRESTATUS SPHENISCIDAE

, 5cor50 'magellanious' 7017 MAGELLANIC PENGUIN SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS SPHENISCIDAE

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SIERRA LEONE 18.2.99 2 additional values associated with 6000i first listed in F14/1. 4,0001 122051 GREY-HEADED BUSH SHRIKE MALACONOTUS BLANCHOTI LANIIDAE

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SIERRA LEONE 22.2.99 Marine life. 2 of 4 from composite sheetlet of 12. 4001 20043 EASTERN REEF HERON EGRETTA SACRA ARDEIDAE 4001 69131 GREEN-»WINGED MACAW ARA CHLOROPTERA PSITTACIDAE

SIERRA LEONE 18.5.99 Birds of Africa. Associated with 2 sheets, below. 30001 MS 165057 BAGLAFECHT WEAVER PLOCEUS BAGLAFECHT PLOCEIDAE 3000! MS 30035 AFRICAN FISH EAGLE HAIJAEETUS VOCIFER ... ACCIPITRIDAE *"\ . ._,."' ._.,.-~_:""~-- to; * Q SIERRA LEONE 18.5.99 Sheet 1. There is also a 2nd sheet, as yetunseen. \ I 4'\ `l ,»~*. 6001 20034 CATTLE EGRET BUEULCUS IBIS ARDEIDAE 6001 87007 WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER MEROPS BULLOCKOIDES MEROPIDAE

J I 6001 69080 GREY PARROT PSITTACUS ERITHACUS PSITTACIDAE

*,.»»~'*" 6001 87010 CINNAMON-CHESTED BEE-EATER MEROPS OREOBATES MEROPIDAE /'" 6001 84017 MALACHITE KINGFISHER ALCEDO CRISTATA ALCEDlNIDAE /6001 87014 WHITE-THROATED BEE-EATER MEROPS ALBlCOLLIS MEROPIDAE 'g ;"` 6001 23003 YELLOW-BILLED STORK MYCTERIA IBIS CICONIIDAE '660015 166063 HILDEBRANDT'S STARLING SPREO HILDEBRANDTI STURNIDAE D <0 o m 'u SIERRA LEONE 31.5.99 A wonderland of wildlife. 2 of 6v. and 1 of 2 MSs. Also, 2 sheets of 6 @ 9001, below.

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. .. I/Elwr3o) Western Cape 1001 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS STRUTHIONIDAE

Q , (1 r30) KwaZulu-Natal 15001 EASTERN WHITE PELICAN PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS PELECANIDAE

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TANZANIA 1999 On sheet listed in F14/1 (Great blue heron, swinhoe's egret etc. - 6 @ 370s). in surrounds: /' 23001 AMERICAN WOOD IBIS MYCTERlA AMERICANA CICONIIDAE / 20049 GREAT EGRET EGRETTA ALBA ARDEIDAE ./' 54011 AMERICAN AVOCET RECUR VIROSTRA AMERICANA RECURVIROSTRIDAE

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27101 27101

48001 48001

57003 57003

25001 25001

62000 62000

40000 40000

19000 19000

1999 1999

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Environment Environment

MARBLED MARBLED

LITTLE LITTLE

KRUPER'S KRUPER'S

SPUR-WINGED SPUR-WINGED

Coral Coral

GREATER GREATER

Species Species

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HOUSE HOUSE

BOHEMIAN BOHEMIAN

BLACK-CAPPED BLACK-CAPPED

PAINTED PAINTED

BULLFINCH BULLFINCH

COMMON COMMON

RED-WINGED RED-WINGED

WINTER WINTER

Uganda Uganda

Species Species

WWF WWF

BARN BARN

Human Human

Stylised Stylised

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Endangered Endangered

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TEAL TEAL

PLOVER PLOVER

NUTHATCH NUTHATCH

BUSTARD BUSTARD

FLAMINGO FLAMINGO

GULL GULL

WAXWING WAXWING

SPARROW SPARROW

CHICKADEE CHICKADEE

BUNTING BUNTING

composite composite

CARDINAL CARDINAL

WREN WREN

to to

BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD

CRANE CRANE

SWALLOW SWALLOW

PENGUIN PENGUIN

FRIGATEBIRD FRIGATEBIRD

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PHOENICOPTERUS PHOENICOPTERUS

VANELLUS VANELLUS

OTIS OTIS

BOMB BOMB

PASSER PASSER

PARUS PARUS

PYRRHULA PYRRHULA

PASSERINA PASSERINA

CARDINAIJS CARDINAIJS

TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES

AGELAIUS AGELAIUS

HIRUNDO HIRUNDO

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TETRAX TETRAX

SPINOSUS SPINOSUS

RUBER RUBER

GARRULUS GARRULUS

DOMESTICUS DOMESTICUS

PYRRHULA PYRRHULA

ATRICAPILLUS ATRICAPILLUS

CARDINAIJS CARDINAIJS

CIRIS CIRIS

TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES

PHOENICUS PHOENICUS

RUSTICA RUSTICA

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ANATIDAE ANATIDAE

SITTIDAE SITTIDAE

OTIDIDAE OTIDIDAE

CHARADRIIDAE CHARADRIIDAE

PHAENICOPTERIDAE PHAENICOPTERIDAE

LARIDAE LARIDAE

BOMB BOMB

PLOCEIDAE PLOCEIDAE

FRINGILLIDAE FRINGILLIDAE

PARIDAE PARIDAE

CARDINALINAE CARDINALINAE

TROGLOD TROGLOD

CARDINALINAE CARDINALINAE

ICTERIDAE ICTERIDAE

FREGATIDAE FREGATIDAE

GRUIDAE GRUIDAE

HIRUNDINIDAE HIRUNDINIDAE

SPHENISCIDAE SPHENISCIDAE

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