July reports

01 October 1974
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records A Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris was present in the gannetry on Herrnaness, Unst (Shetland), throughout the summer. Following the June report of a Fulmar Fulmarus glaci...
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News and comment

01 October 1974
Comments News and comment Growth of the British and Irish list The number of full species admitted to the British and Irish list during the 17 decades which have elapsed since 1800 has varied from as few as four to as many as 27 per decade, the average being 13; Kenneth...
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Notes

01 October 1974
Comments Notes Egg-laying by the Great Crested Grebe Although the behaviour of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus has been intensively studied, many questions are still open. One such question is how Great Crested Grebes lay their eggs, and whether they exhibit ...
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Letters

01 December 1956
Comments Letters I N T E R P R E T A T I O N O F V A R I A T I O N AMONG T H E YELLOW WAGTAILS S I R S , -- May I ask a little of your space in which to comment on some points in Dr. Mayr's summing-up (antea, pp. 115-119) of our present state of knowledge of the Yellow Wa...
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Reviews

01 December 1956
Comments Reviews Edited by Major-General H . P . W . HUTSON, C.B., D . S . O . , O . B . E . , M.C. (Published by British Ornithologists' Union and distributed by H . F . & G. Witherby, Ltd., London, 1956). 268 pages. 21/-, postage 1/6. MANY ornithologists who spend much...
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Notes

01 December 1956
Comments Notes Albinism related to age.--With reference to notes on this subject (antea, vol. xlvii, p . 406; vol. xlix, p . 153), I have come across a similar case, also with a male Blackbird (Turdus merula). The bird was ringed at Burgess Hill, Sussex, on 13th Decembe...
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