News and comment

13 March 2014
Comments News and comment The Prime Minister of Malta, Dr Lawrence Gonzi, has announced the first self-imposed ban on spring hunting of Common Quails Coturnix coturnix and Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in the Maltese islands. The PM said that no spring hunting could take pla...
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Looking back

01 May 2009
Comments Other Blunt's advice on the pronunciation of scientific names (Brit. Birds 102: 25­28) makes interesting reading and I wish those involved in promoting classical pronunciation every success. Such abominations as `Beauty-oh' for Buteo (should be `Boo-teh-a...
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