The Bass Rock albatross Sirs,--Having worked upon four species of albatross for a number of years {Polar Record, 10: 145-146; 11: 282-283; I 2 : 601-602), I was interested to read George Waterston's account {Brit. Birds, 61: 22-27) of the Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris that appeared in the colony of Gannets Sula bassana on the Bass Rock last summer. Much of it was a pleasant reminder o...

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