Rare bird references

01 October 1996
Comments Editorials A new book, A Reference Manual of Rare Birds in Great Britain and Ireland, compiled by K. A. Naylor, provides a unique and invaluable list of every rare bird recorded here up to 1957. Every record that has ever appeared in print is included (even those...
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Looking Back

01 October 1996
Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'THROUGH THE FOREST IN FINLAND . . . OWLS. We saw Owls flying on three occasions, but could not determine their species. Many are to be seen nailed to doors of houses, often too much spoiled for identification. We saw Syrnium alu...
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