Notes

01 March 1956
Comments Notes Warblers (Hippolais icterina) were watched at Fair Isle, and identification confirmed by trapping- and examination of the wingformula, on 30th May and 9th September 1954. T h e purpose of this note is to draw attention to a useful distinguishing character...
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Letters

01 July 1954
Comments Letters SIRS,--Records of Scaup (Aythya marila) appearing inland in Yorkshire this winter (1953-54) have been unusually numerous and I should be interested to know if these occurrences have been peculiar to Yorkshire only or whether this species has been recorded...
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Request for information

01 July 1954
Comments Editorials Large passage of Black Terns.--In 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1950 interesting spring passages of Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) were noted in the British Isles, and the records were summarized and discussed in British Birds (antea, vol. xl, pp. 24-26, 93 and 37...
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Reviews

01 July 1954
Comments Reviews The Birds of Kent. By James M. Harrison. (Witherby, London, 1953). 2 vols. ^J8.8.o. IN addition to his own observations and those of numerous correspondents, Dr. Harrison includes practically everything that has been published relating to Kentish birds. T...
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