Reviews

01 June 1971
Comments Reviews Les Oiseaux du Proche et du Moyen Orient. By F. Hue and R.-D. Etchecopar. N. Boubee et Cie, Paris, 1970. 952 pages; 32 colour and 2 black-and-white plates and 356 line-drawings by Paul Barruel; 429 distribution maps; 2 end-maps. Fr 220.00. The two disting...
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Notes

01 June 1971
Comments Notes Black Terns feeding over dry land Recent notes (Brit. Birds, 62: 282; 63: 34; 64: 32-33) have suggested that Black Terns Chlidonias niger feed over non-aquatic habitats more commonly than the published records indicate. This is certainly borne out by obse...
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Recovery of Marked Birds

01 December 1946
Comments Main paper Bamsley (Yorks), 13.2.46. [31m. SSW.]. (considered t o be continental winter-visitor). Ditto 5.2.46, by Bootham Grantham (Lines), 24.3.46. School. [ 7 5 m - SSE.]. Ditto 23.2.42. Ringkobing (Jylland), Denmark, 1942. Ditto 26.1.42. Aaby (Fyn), Denmark, 24....
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Letters

01 December 1946
Comments Letters SIRS,--Writing in British Birds (antea, p . 214) on t h e question of the soft parts coloration in the Crested Tit (Parus cristatus) I made reference to having examined in t h e course of my studies "some dozens" of specimens. I t is now evident t h a t m...
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