The first 100 years

01 January 2009 Comments Strictly speaking, this editorial should have appeared in the June 2007 issue, when British Birds will be truly 100 years old. For practical purposes, however, we have decided to celebrate BB's centenary throughout 2007 and Vol. 100 of the journal. The...
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Announcements

01 February 1991 Comments Editorials Books in British BirdShop New this month. Birkhead: The Magpies. Duff, Hatton, et al: Not BB V. Howard & Moore: Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 2nd edn. Voisin: Herons of Europe. Please use the British BirdShop form on pages ...
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Mystery photographs

01 February 1991 Comments Main paper Judging the size of an isolated bird is difficult, but comparison with the grass leads to the conclusion that last month's mystery bird (plate 6 in colour, repeated here in black-and-white) is 'sparrow-sized', though noticeably slim, small-headed and l...
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