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1  Name a bird named after George Montagu.

2  Which species of extant albatross was found fossilised on Bermuda having been extinguished 400,000 years ago by a sea-level rise?

3  In which year was BTO News first published?

4  According to local Peruvian folk lore, what properties does the dried heart of the Endangered Marvellous Spatuletail possess?

5  Three Sedge Warblers, ringed at Litlington, Sussex, in August 2002, were recovered in Finisterre, France, in August 2003. What was remarkable about that?

6  Which of the following does not exist: Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Southern Double-collared Sunbird, Eastern Double-collared Sunbird or Western Double-collared Sunbird?

7  Why has a cock Ptarmigan had his male pride pricked?

8  What size ring would you use to ring a Tree Sparrow?

9  What was the subtitle carried by BTO News until dropped in May 1981?

10  What or who are the ‘Screaming Eagles’?

11  Where is a bird’s pygostyle?

12  Why were three White Pelicans removed from St James’s Park in London in 1982?

13  Which British breeding warbler lays unmarked brick-red eggs?

14  What organism produces the toxin that causes outbreaks of botulism in waterbirds?

15  What was the first bird to be depicted on a stamp of Great Britain on the 1946 ‘Victory’ issue 3d stamp?

16  What is the colour of the bill of a downy Water Rail chick?

17  What is the chief threat to the continued existence of the Blue Swallow in South Africa?

18  What connected Battersea Power Station, Chichester Cathedral, Gloucester City Hospital and Nottingham Trent University ornithologically in 2003?

19  What non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug is strongly implicated in the catastrophic decline in Indian vultures?

20  When does the shooting season for Snipe begin?