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Crossbills in Sweden in 1953

01 January 1975 Comments Main paper ...

Obituary: Stuart Smith, D.Sc, Ph.D. (1906-1963)

01 October 1955 Comments Obituaries T H E U N T I M E L Y D E A T H of Dr. Stuart Smith on j t h August, 1963 as a result of unexpected complications following an operation which it had been anticipated would be a comparatively minor one, has deprived British ornithology of one of its most ...

Recent reports

01 October 1955 Comments News and comment [These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] This summary is mainly concerned with the period from 21st July to 10th September. Highlights included a heavy passage of northern waders, a striking movement of Black Terns, the now annual ...

News and comment

01 October 1955 Comments News and comment Annual Conference.--The Annual Conference of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club will be held at the Hotel Dunblane (formerly Dunblane Hydro Hotel), Perthshire, from 25 th to 27th October. Guest speakers will be Dr. Kai CurryLindahl, from Stockholm, on 'Bi...

Request for information

01 October 1955 Comments Editorials Status and distribution of the Chough.--There ate indications that the Chough {Pyrrbocorax pyrrhocorax) has been increasing during the last decade in Wales and the Isle of Man, but in the absence of any systematic survey there is no definite evidence. The...

Field notes on the nesting habits of the Great Northern Diver

01 January 1950 Comments Main paper (Plates 1--9). THE following notes on the Great Northern Diver (Colymbus immer) were made chiefly at a nest on the great lake of Thingvallavatn in South-west Iceland during June, 1949. They are supplemented by field notes made during the previous June in ...

The pseudo-sleeping attitude of the Oyster-catcher

01 January 1950 Comments Main paper (Fair Isle Bird Observatory) IT IS well-known from the work of Makkink (1942) and Edwards et al. (1948) that in certain situations the Oyster-catcher (Hcematopus ostralegus) adopts a " pseudo-sleeping " attitude. The bird stands on one or both legs, with ...

Letters

01 January 1950 Comments Letters SIRS,--I have delayed answering the letter on the above subject from Mr. P. H. T. Hartley (British Birds, xli, pp. 254-255) because the data then available only served to justify his remark that " more investigation is needed." I examined the two sets of ...

Reviews

01 January 1950 Comments Reviews [The Editor regrets t h a t owing to an unfortunate period of ill-health a number of reviews and notices of local reports have been considerably delayed. It is hoped to get up to date with these in the numbers immediately following]. Bird Recognition. Vol...

Notes

01 January 1950 Comments Notes IT is well-known that a great many species of birds make use of old nests of the Magpie (Pica pica). I have several times seen examples of Carrion Crows (Corvus corone) doing so. In 1949, for the first time, I have had an example of Rooks (C. frugilegus)...

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