Notes

01 March 2006
Comments Notes All Notes submitted to British Birds are subject to independent review, either by the Notes Panel or by the BB Editorial Board.Those considered appropriate for BB will be published either here or on our website (www.britishbirds.co.uk) subject to the a...
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Letters

01 March 2006
Comments Letters When Garner (2005) reviewed the `Fair Isle sandpiper' (FIS), his reasoning that the bird was not a Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri seemed compelling. It is not possible for statistics to prove that the bird was one species or another, since it deals o...
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Letters

01 June 1963
Comments Letters SIRS,--Having paid some attention to t h e manner in which t h e face of t h e Rook becomes bare, I m a y state t h a t in t h e main m y observations a n d specimens confirm Mr. Witherby's conclusions. But, with regard to this species n o t breeding in t...
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Notes

01 June 1963
Comments Notes IN August I received a letter from Mr. A. C. Theron dated from " Riet Vallei, District Lindley, O.F.S." stating that a Swallow had been captured bearing a ring with my name and address. As Mr. Theron gave neither the number of the ring nor the date of cap...
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Recovery of Marked Birds.

01 June 1963
Comments Main paper T H E annual article reporting progress for 1913 will appear, it is hoped, in the n e x t number. The following have kindly sent in subscriptions towards the expenses of the Marking Scheme since t h e last acknowledgment was made :-- Miss C. M. Acland, Mr...
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