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 1968 Comments Letters Width of tail-band of immature Mediterranean Gulls Sirs,--As the plumage of immature Mediterranean Gulls Larus melanocephalus was described in some detail by P. J. Grant and R. E. Scott (Brit. Birds, 60: 365-368), it seems a pity that they did not mention...
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