News and comment

01 December 1965
Comments News and comment World Wildlife Fund's report.--The World Wildlife Fund has just issued its first report, entitled The Launching of the Nest Ark (published by Collins, and obtainable at 13s. fid, post free from 2 Caxton Street, London, S.W.i, or any bookseller). Edited by...
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Letters

01 December 1965
Comments Letters 'The original misidentification of the Hampshire Cetti's Warbier' Sirs,--The letter from R. H. Charlwood and D. D . Harber (Brit. Birds, 58: 225-227) contains a garbled account of what happened at Titchfield Haven, Hampshire, in connection with the identi...
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Reviews

01 December 1965
Comments Reviews Enjoying Ornithology. By David Lack. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Methuen, London, 1965. 264 pages; 3 black-andwhite plates; many line-drawings. 30s. Discussing how the scientific repute of ornithology declined in Britain during the early part of this c...
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Notes

01 December 1965
Comments Notes The feeding range of Shags.--Feeding movements by sea-birds are difficult to measure as they often take the form of a seaward or coast wise spread. Occasionally, however, when the feeding area is separated from the roost by obviously unsuitable water, def...
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Letter

01 May 1953
Comments Letters SIRS,--One of our most important bird-reserves, Havergate Island, Suffolk, was severely damaged by the exceptional tide which swept down the East Anglian coast on February 1st. This island is not only unique in t h a t it contains the only British breedin...
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