Editorial

01 January 1978
Comments Editorials Few birdwatchers are systematists or have any real knowledge of taxonomy and the reasons behind scientific nomenclature. We all, however, make constant use of classification: even non-ornithologists can recognise a duck as a duck or a thrush as a thrus...
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Miscellaneous

01 January 1969
Comments Editorials After a successful start in 1968, the British Trust for Ornithology's ambitious project to map the breeding distribution of every species nesting in Britain and Ireland is now entering upon the second of its five years of field work. It is already clear t...
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