Reviews

01 September 1969
Comments Reviews Handbuch der Vogel Mitteleuropas. Vols 2 and 3. Anseriformes. Edited by K. M. Bauer and U. N. Glutz von Blotzheim. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main. Vol 2 (1968): 535 P a g es > 5 colour plates; 76 text-figures and maps. Vol 5 (1969): 50...
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Notes

01 September 1969
Comments Notes Fish jumping into Heron's mouth On 16th August 1969, at Talybont Reservoir, Breconshire, we saw a Heron Ardea cinerea standing on the edge of a small concrete 'waterfall' about two feet high; it was leaning forward in such a manner that its open bill was ...
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The Hastings Rarities again

01 September 1969
Comments Main paper It was only to be expected that the searching review of the Hastings Rarities in August 1962 (Nelder 1962, Nicholson and Ferguson-Lees 1962) would, in certain circles, cause considerable distress and a desire to rebut, if possible, the arguments which led...
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