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A statistical examination of the Hastings Rarities

01 August 1962 Comments Open Access of the great flood of rarities from east Sussex and west Kent during the first two decades of this century, from the internal evidence presented by the statistical aspects of the records themselves. The consequences of various hypotheses which assume t...

Editorial: Setting the record straight

01 August 1962 Comments Open Access D E P A R T I N G F R O M our normal pattern, we are devoting the whole of this much enlarged issue of British Birds to a single main subject, known already to some, and soon to be familiar to many, as the case of the Hastings Rarities. Half a century ...

The Hastings Rarities

01 August 1962 Comments Open Access CONTENTS Introduction Definition of the Hastings Rarities Peculiarities of the pattern Comparison with current experience Observers and collectors Prices and collections Possibilities of cool deception Publication and correspondenceO F T H E 520 F O E ...

LETTERS: BARK-STRIPPING BY ROOKS; NUMBER OF EGGS LAID BY MISTLE-THRUSH; MANNER IN WHICH YOUNG GUILLEMOTS AND RAZORBILLS LEAVE THE NESTING LEDGES

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BIRD-NOTES FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC

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NOTES

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THE "WING-CLAPPING" OF THE NIGHTJAR

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Notes

01 November 1928 Comments Notes IN the following cases during 1928, from west Sussex, the period of incubation has been calculated from the day on which the last egg was laid until the day or days of hatching. The fledging-period from the day or days of hatching until the day or days o...

The "Wing-Clapping" of the Nightjar

01 November 1928 Comments Main paper who has closely observed the Nightjar (Caprimulgus europceus) in flight, especially when it is indulging in nuptial display, must have noticed that occasionally it produces a sharp cracking sound, which is mechanical rather than vocal. This sound has been...

Bird-Notes from the North Atlantic

01 November 1928 Comments Main paper THE Oxford University Greenland Expedition of 1928 had to make two crossings of the north Atlantic along a course far above the usual route for shipping between the Old and New Worlds, and as these journeys coincided roughly in time with the end of the sp...

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A statistical examination of the Hastings Rarities

Editorial: Setting the record straight

The Hastings Rarities

LETTERS: BARK-STRIPPING BY ROOKS; NUMBER OF EGGS LAID BY MISTLE-THRUSH; MANNER IN WHICH YOUNG GUILLEMOTS AND RAZORBILLS LEAVE THE NESTING LEDGES

BIRD-NOTES FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC

NOTES

THE "WING-CLAPPING" OF THE NIGHTJAR

Notes

The "Wing-Clapping" of the Nightjar

Bird-Notes from the North Atlantic

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