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1  What colour is the bill of an adult Red-legged Partridge?

2  What is the least numerous breeding English corvid?

3  What is ‘the Skylark Index’?

4  If you saw a Balbuzard pêcheur in France, what would you be watching?

5  To publicise the plight of which threatened group of birds did John Ridgway sail round the world in 2003/04 in English Rose VI?

6  Which European country has the largest breeding population of Stonechats?

7  What unfortunate slogan did the charity Animal Aid use to alert people to their feelings about the National Cage and Aviary Birds Exhibition at Stoneleigh in 2004?

8  The range of the Wood Duck in North America falls completely within the range of which unrelated species (upon which it is dependent for successful breeding)?

9  When was Gurney’s Pitta last recorded in Myanmar prior to its rediscovery there in 2003?

10  A Razorbill ringed at Bardsey in 2004 had previously been ringed 32, 42 or 52 years before?

11  750,000 eggs of which species are harvested annually in a supposedly sustainable manner in the Seychelles?

12  Who wrote Birds of Burma published in Rangoon in 1940 (and the UK in 1953)?

13  Which species, ringed in Britain, had the most recoveries away from the site of ringing in 2003?

14  Which of the following does not exist – Musician Wren, Harpist Wren, Flutist Wren or Happy Wren?

15  Which close relative of the Okinawa Rail was discovered on 11th May 2004 on the Babuyan Islands in the Philippines?

16  Into what did Aristotle believe that Redstarts changed in order to account for their absence in winter?

17  How many people attended Madagascar’s first Birdfair in 2004, to the nearest 1,000?

18  Are there more birds on the British List described as Yellow, Grey or Golden?

19  In which country is Chaplin’s Barbet endemic?

20  Are there more species of Acrocephalus, Sylvia or Phylloscopus on the British List?