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Photographic studies of some less Familiar birds: LXVI. Hoopoe

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper T H E Hoopoe (Upupa epops) has already appeared in our series (vol. xlii, plates 15-17), but Mr. Doncaster's magnificent photographs are so different, and show so well the remarkable flight pattern of this bird, that we feel more than justified in publish... Read More

Special review

01 August 1955 Comments Reviews (Part II) T H E Lariformes a r e considered a separate order by the Russians and are dealt with by G. P . Dementiev. On the one hand, he writes, they approach the waders and on the other the auks. But " t h e common morphological characteristics are not n... Read More

Black Duck in Co. Kilkenny: A Bird New To Ireland And Britain

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper O N 12th February 1954 a duck, which had been forwarded by Mr. Frank Hudson, Carriganore, Waterford, was received at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. Mr. P . E. Dunn and I identified it as a Black Duck [Anas rubripes), a native of eastern North Ame... Read More

The Index of Heron Population, 1944

01 May 1945 Comments Main paper The number of reports on sites occupied by Herons in 1944, which were received at the Edward Grey Institute, was i n . Of these 77 were in England, 6 in Wales, 8 in Scotland and 20 in Ireland. We are indebted to 55 informants, of whom a considerable numbe... Read More