Letter

01 August 1982 Comments Letters Tail-wagging by wheatears While the pronounced tail-wagging of the Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellinus is a 'helpful pointer' towards identification (Brit. Birds 74: 443), this habit is also typical of the-- admittedly smaller and daintier...
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Letters

01 February 1963 Comments Letters SIRS,--For exactly a fortnight--May 14th to 27th, 1913-- a mysterious bird was heard calling from the marshy border of Betton Pool, near Shrewsbury. Cartwright, the keeper, an observant man, who is familiar with the notes of all the ordinary water-fowl (w...
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