"At the time the was formed the main interest in birds lay in whether they or their eggs were good to eat, or in their possibilities as a source of amusement at which to blaze off a gun."
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Phyllis Barclay-Smith
(18 May 1902 – 2 January 1980) was a British , editor from 1939 to 1973 of the The Avicultural Magazine, conservationist, and translator. In 1970 she was appointed .
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