Letters

01 November 2000 Comments Letters In his account of a petrel seen off Ireland in 1974, Jim Enticott (Brit. Birds 92: 504-518) misquoted me in saying `Bourne (Bull. BOC 85: 97-105) proposed treating Soft-plumaged Petrel as three distinct species, Softplumaged Pterodroma mollis, Gon-gon ...
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Letters

01 April 1979 Comments Letters Birds dunking food There are many references in the literature to birds washing food; they cover about six families and almost all are for water birds. Although termed 'food washing', the behaviour described may fulfil several functions. During...
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