Glassberg is quite correct.

[Chris J. Durden]

At 12:27 PM 1/10/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>There is of course the well-known example where a documented extinction did
>occur, the British day-flying moth the New Forest Burnet, Zygaena viciae
>ytenensis.
>
>--
>Neil Jones- Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk http://www.nwjones.demon.co.uk/

Neil,
    I doubt that this example is "well known" to many who live more than a 
day's-drive from the New Forest. Please give us some citations to the 
documentation!
................Chris Durden





 
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