Looking back

01 November 2000
Comments Other ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO: `Notes on Observations in Natural History during a Tour in Norway...The Capercailzie (Tetrao Urogallus) claims the first notice, as he is the great pride of the Norwegian forests...a cool, steady shot from below brings ...
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Monthly marathon

01 November 2000
Comments Other On plate 252 (repeated here as plate 344) we have a passerine perched on an overhead cable. The scale is difficult to judge, though we are clearly dealing with a small bird. It has a rather well-marked head pattern, with an apparently bold supercilium ...
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