Corrections

01 December 1998 Comments Editorials VOLUME 90 321 'Shirihai 1996' should read 'King & Shirihai 1996' (the reference on page 324 should also be amended, by the insertion of 'KING, J., &'. 473 Plate 159. Bird at extreme left is a Little Gull Larus minutus. 545 Plate 197. Cornwall (...
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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 December 1998 Comments Editorials This monthly listing of the most recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest...
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Announcements

01 December 1998 Comments Editorials The January issue is usually sent out very late. This is because so many people do not resubscribe until the end of December or, even, early January. Since we have to print address labels about one week before dispatch, late subscriptions delay the fir...
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Announcements

01 December 1998 Comments Editorials The rules concerning the dimensions of drawings are changing for the 1999 competition. Drawings already completed at the 'old' sizes (8.5 x 6.0 cm; 17.1 X 6.9 cm; and 16.95 X 16.8 cm or 22.6 X 22.4 cm) will be accepted for one year only, but the new ru...
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Announcements

01 October 1991 Comments Editorials Addition to the British and Irish List. In its forthcoming fifteenth report (Ibis in press), the BOU Records Committee will publish its recognition--following the recommendations by Bourne et al and Yesou a al. (Brit. Birds 81: 306-319; 83: 299-319)--o...
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Fieldwork action

01 October 1991 Comments Editorials BTO news. Did you know that 20% of wintering Redshanks Tringa totanus at a site on the East Lothian coast are eaten by raptors each year? Or that some birds hunt by smell? That owls can breed in baskets, and Merlins Falco columbariu...
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