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Note on Air Combat.  

A small bird migrates from Dorset to Cape Town, a wonder in itself.  On the way it is attacked by falcons.  The manoeuvres of the birds are like those of fighter planes in aerial combat.  A simple, descriptive poem perhaps, but anyway derived, like parts of Waitoma Cave, from a wildlife book.
      

Alan Marshfield

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