Letters

01 February 1981 Comments Letters Bill-base feathering and apparent bill thickness of some waders Many observers have in the past attempted to support the identification of suspected rare species, especially stints and peeps Calidris, by noting the thickness of the base of...
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Letters

01 May 1959 Comments Letters T H E I N F L U X O F P H A L A R O P E S IN A U T U M N 1957 S I R S , -- I wish to correct two errors which unfortunately appeared in the paper on the above subject by myself and Bernard King (antea, p p . 33-42). In the introduction on page 33 the reco...
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