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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

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Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Part of its obscurity is due to the fiercely protective relationship Cologne has with its beer.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Preferably, they should be wearing colors of purple, white, and gold, the branded hues of their movement. The illustration appeared in “Puck,” a popular American magazine on May 24, 1911, and is now part of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. The book doesn’t always succeed in its goals.

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Britain’s Dragonflies & Britain’s Butterflies: A Review of Two Field Guides

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It is Herperia comma, the skipper we call Common Branded Skipper, a smaller orange-brownish skipper with several white spots on its hindwings. The authors pay far less attention to photographing and collecting adult dragonfly specimens. I think British and American lepidopterists need to talk more.

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