[greenknight]

Gentlemen,

Thank you very much for your patient replies to my questions. Your answers have been very helpful.

I'd like to emphasize, in case it may have sounded otherwise, that my questions have not been asked in the spirit of disputing any of the streaked-winged findings presented here.

Rather my inquiries have been made to understand better the context of the research. I'm interested in "how we know what we know", and also in how others in the past came to the incorrect conclusions that they did. The answers that I've gotten here are helpful in that regard. I figure this kind of knowledge can help me to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past in both this, and future research.

Mr. Abbott mentioned the artist Peter Endsleigh Castle. Did Mr. Castle do the art work for the Profile Publication on the D.VIII? (I have not yet secured a copy of this Profile for my collection.) If so, would the publication of this Profile have been when the olive-winged representation first took hold?

Thank you. Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2004.