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Notes

01 April 1957 Comments Notes of Boelus, Nebraska, informs me that he wing-tipped a young female White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) whilst shooting on the North Platte river in the autumn of 1903 or 1904--he is not sure which---and took the bird back to his farm. H e goes on to say... Read More

Photographic studies of some less familiar birds: LXXX. Kite

01 April 1957 Comments Main paper THE K I T E or Red Kite (Milvus milvus) has a much more restricted ränge than its close relative, the Black Kite (M. migrans), of which we published photographs just a year ago (antea, vol. xlix, plates 5-7, pp. 140-141). It is usually, too, a much... Read More

Letters

01 February 1948 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I t seems a n opportune moment for making a plea t h a t t h e scope of the British Trust Ringing Scheme should be widened by making rings available for use outside t h e British Islands. While we fully appreciate the organizational a n d sup... Read More

Notes

01 February 1948 Comments Notes DURING the years 1946 and 1947 I have noticed several species singing outside what appears to be their normal song-period as defined in The Handbook charts. Some of these variations are considerable, others less so. The particulars are as follows :-- NUT... Read More