Postal auction of cover designs
Starting with this month's cover of Great Shearwaters by Ken Baldridge, the line-drawings and scraper-board designs used on the front covers of BB will, whenever the artists give their permission, be available for purchase by readers. The original, unframed drawing will be sold to the reader who sends the highest postal (or telegram) bid received by the last day of the month. The person making the successful bid will be informed and will be expected to supply, by return post, a cheque/PO for the sum bid. British Birds will retain 20% as commission and to help defray administrative expenses; 80% will be passed to the artist. Send your name and address and your bid (no money at this stage) to: August Cover Bid, Fountains, Park Lane, Blunham, Bedford
'The Birds of Lundy'
Readers of British Birds can obtain this book at a special prepublication price (£2.75 post free, instead of £3.50). Due to be published on 15th November 1980, The Birds ojLundy reviews the records of all 274 species recorded on this famous Bristol Channel island. It has been compiled by J. N. Dymond, former secretary of the Rarities Committee, who was warden at the bird observatory on Lundy during 1972-73. Send your name and address and a cheque for £2.75 to the Devon Bird Watching and Preservation Society, c/o H. P. Sitters, Tanglewood, Plymbridge Road, Roborough, Plymouth.
