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Old September 13th 08, 01:00 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Philip Eden Philip Eden is offline
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Default [OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Sat 13 Sep 2008

"Roy Avis" wrote :
Googling "white-breasted robin" gives lots of links, e.g.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3075737.ece
Although the White Breasted Robin is a native Australian species, the one
you saw was probably suffering from some condition known as leucism, which
means it does not have the pigment that gives robins their red breasts.
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Thanks, Roy. That's exactly what it looked like. Saw it again
this morning.

pe