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What's In a Name?

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...or in this cane, who's in a name such as 'Bonelli's warbler', or 'Blair's shoulder- knot', 'Montagu's Harrier' or 'Glaaville fritiUary*?
Denis Owen , of 'Owen's redwing'fameexplainshowto achieve immortality by having a butterfly or a bird named after you....
Producer ANNE BLAIRGOULD BBC Bristol

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