Re: today's _Nature_, I was clearly misinformed: no birds, bird-like theropods or theropod-like birds (unless I've seriously overlooked something). You would be mightily amused if you knew my source of information. -- Darren Naish School of Earth & Environmental Sciences University of Portsmouth UK, PO1 3QL email: darren.naish@port.ac.uk tel: 023 92846045