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Thered-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) is a small, migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family,Ploceidae, native tosub-Saharan Africa. It is approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 15 to 26 g (0.53 to 0.92 oz) Non-breeding birds have light underparts, striped brown upper parts, yellow-edgedflight feathers and a reddish bill. Breeding females attain a yellowish bill. Breeding males have a black (or rarely white) facial mask, surrounded by a purplish, pinkish, rusty or yellowish wash on the head and breast. The species avoids forests, deserts and colder areas. It constructs oval roofed nests woven from strips of grass hanging from thorny branches, sugar cane or reeds. It breeds in very large colonies. The quelea feeds primarily on seeds of annual grasses, but also causes extensive damage to cereal crops. It is regarded as the most numerous undomesticated bird on earth, with the population sometimes peaking at an estimated 1.5 billion individuals. (Full article...)

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A radio version of the British television sitcomDad's Army was broadcast onBBC Radio 4 from 1974 to 1976. Produced by John Dyas and written byHarold Snoad andMichael Knowles, the scripts were adapted from the television episodes written byJimmy Perry andDavid Croft. A total of67 episodes across three series were broadcast from 28 January 1974 to 7 July 1976. The series starred the same actors who appeared in the television version, playing the same characters. Although most episodes of the television series were adapted for radio, several were not, as they were deemed too visual. All episodes from theninth television series were not adapted, as the radio series had ended by the time those television episodes were broadcast. At the request of the producer, some episode titles were changed from their television equivalents in order to sound more concise. The radio series was recorded in London; early episodes were recorded at thePlayhouse Theatre, while the remaining episodes were recorded at theParis Studios.John Snagge served as the show’s announcer. (Full list...)

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The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis is anoil painting by the Dutch painterRembrandt, produced around1661–62. It depicts an episode from Tacitus'sHistories of theBatavian rebellion (AD 69–70), led by the one-eyed chieftainClaudius Civilis. The painting was commissioned by the city council ofAmsterdam for theTown Hall, and was originally Rembrandt's largest-ever painting. It was placed briefly in the town hall but eventually returned to Rembrandt, who may never have been paid for the work. In financial difficulties, he was forced to cut the painting down in size and partly repaint it, after which it was sold. After passing between various private owners, it was eventually deposited in theRoyal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, and is now in the collection of theNationalmuseum in Stockholm.

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