Letters

01 January 1986
Comments Letters Nests of Sparrowhawk and Kestrel. I looked at the 'Best recent black-and-white bird-photographs' (Brit. Birds 77: 250-258) with much admiration, but feel bound to comment on the statement relating to plates 97-99-- showing Kestrel Falco tinnunculus and...
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Mystery photographs

01 January 1978
Comments Main paper Although plumage features are important in the identification of any bird, experienced field ornithologists tend to make much use of the way that it moves, its structure and its shape--the factors that go to make u p its 'jizz'. Mystery photograph 13 (...
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