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Reports reach me of another dramatic spotting of that rare species that was thought, until recently, to be utterly extinct in this country - the Labour constituency leaflet with a picture of Gordon Brown.

The latest sighting - yet to be confirmed - of this much sought-after specimen - comes from Bournemouth in Dorset, on the southern coast of England.

Newsnight has direct evidence from two eye-witnesses. The Labour candidate for Bournemouth West, Sharon Carr-Brown - no relation - has just told me she chose not to use a picture of herself taken with Brown. The picture wasn't good enough, she says - of her, not Brown that is (yeah, yeah).

However Mrs Carr-Brown and her agent have both told Newsnight the Labour candidate next door in Bournemouth East has used a picture of Brown.

So, along with Daniel Zeichner in Cambridge, that makes two recent sightings of an extraordinarily rare leaflet-type which political anoraks (well just me, actually) are calling the "lesser spotted Brown".

And the Brown picture is on the prime minister's own constituency leaflets, of course.