News and comment

01 November 1965
Comments News and comment More news of contamination by toxic chemicals.--The Fifth Report of the Joint Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on Toxic Chemicals, published in September, shows that in the chemical analysis ...
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Requests for information

01 November 1965
Comments Editorials Irruption of Waxwings.--Waxwings Bombycilk garrulus began to appear on the east coast of Britain about 14th October 1965, and on the 17th there were 30 on Fair Isle (Shetland). On the 19th 300 were seen at Holkham (Norfolk) and between then and the end of...
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Letters

01 November 1965
Comments Letters The problems of separating Reed and Marsh Warblers Sirs,--Having read with considerable interest the recent letters on the problems of separating Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus and Marsh Warblers A. palustris (Brit. Birds, 58: 181-188), I hope that...
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Reviews

01 November 1965
Comments Reviews The Broads. ByE. A. Ellis. Collins, London, 1965. 401 pages; 47 monochrome photographs and 68 maps and diagrams. 36s. This long-awaited guide to the natural history of the Norfolk broads is most impressive. Edward Ellis's writing is always colourful and h...
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Palearctic birds

01 November 1965
Comments Main paper The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna: a Systematic Reference (Non-Passeriformes). By Charles Vaurie. Witherby, London» 1965. x x i i + 7 6 4 pages. £ 7 7s. A L T H O U G H T H E P A L E A R C T I C unites such seemingly diverse areas as Britain, the M...
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Recent Reports

01 June 1955
Comments News and comment Normally April and May provide us with quite a scattering of vagrants from southern and south-eastern Europe, but this year such wanderers seem to have been rather few. There were two reports of a Little Egret (Egretta gar^etta) on St. Mary's (Isles of Sc...
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News and Comments

01 June 1955
Comments News and comment N e w Dictionary of Birds.--Work has been going on in earnest for over five years on a New Dictionary of Birds, a centenary enterprise of the British Ornithologists' Union. The formidable task of organising and editing has been undertaken by Sit Landsboro...
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