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01 February 1965 Comments News and comment (These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is concerned with the two months from late November to late January. It thus follows on after those in the December and January issues {Brit. Birds, 57: 523-524; 58: 31-32) and ...

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01 February 1965 Comments News and comment Ten years of ' T h e Ring'--The King, a journal devoted to the broad international aspects of bird-ringing, recently had its tenth anniversary. The first edition of this quarterly, -which is edited by Dr. W, Rydzcwski and published by the Polish Zoologica...

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01 February 1965 Comments Editorials Past breeding success of Golden Eagles in Scotland.--In view of the disquieting report by Dr. J. D. Lockic and Dr. D. A. Ratcliffe of a marked decline in the nesting success of Golden Eagles Aquih chrysaefos in a part of western Scotland (Brii. Birds, 57:...

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01 February 1965 Comments Notes Unusual numbers of Sooty Shearwaters in the eastern English Channel.--A substantial passage of Sooty Shearwaters Procellaria griseusflyingwestwards down the English Channel was observed at Cap Gris Nez, Pas de Calais, France, at the time of a westerly gal...

Europe takes stocks of its birds

01 February 1965 Comments Main paper Report o n the Woridng Conference o n Birds of Prey and O w l s {Caen, France, April 1964). Published by the International Council for Bird Preservation, London, 1964. 140 p a g e s ; 8 halftone plates. 17s. 6d. Proceedings of the First European Meeting o...

Studies of less familiar birds:132. Spur-winged Plover

01 February 1965 Comments Main paper T H E S P U R - W I N G E D P L O V E R Hop lop terns spinosus is one of a number of round-winged plovers with much black and white in the plumage (notably on the wings and tail), which are now generally united in the genus Vanellus. Most of this group di...

Flight patterns of the European bustards

01 February 1965 Comments Main paper T H E B U S T A R D S , as a family, are terrestial birds and spend the major part of their time on the ground, but both the Great Bustard Otis tarda and the Little Bustard O. tetrax frequently indulge in short flights and take to the air readily if appro...

Effect of the Cold Weather of 1962/63 on the Blackbird Population of Dollis Hill, London

01 February 1965 Comments Main paper the numbers of Blackbirds Turdus merula, as a result of the severe weather of 1962/63, in an area closely studied by the author for fourteen years. The ornithology of this study area of some 546 acres at Dollis Hill in north-west London has already been d...

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01 March 1941 Comments Reviews Birds of the Grey Wind. By Edward A, Armstrong (Oxford University Press). Illustrated. 12s. 6d. net. THE title of this book and its unusual medley of poetry, history and legend may well hide the fact that also within its pages are to be found some excelle...

Notes

01 March 1941 Comments Notes As an example of how food-supply can affect the number of birds breeding in a locality the following may be of interest. When I first came to Benenden, Kent, about twenty years ago, so far as I know Hawfinches (Coccothraustes c. coccothraustes) never nes...

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Europe takes stocks of its birds

Studies of less familiar birds:132. Spur-winged Plover

Flight patterns of the European bustards

Effect of the Cold Weather of 1962/63 on the Blackbird Population of Dollis Hill, London

Review

Notes

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