H A R B E R died on 31st August 1966 at the Westminster Hospital, London, after a major operation which had at first seemed successful. He was 5 7. Latterly he was known to readers oiBritishBirds chiefly as the Honorary Secretary of the Rarities Committee, a task which he accepted early in 1963, and for his periodic controversies on ornithological topics that interested him. The former he regarde...

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