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01 October 1958 Comments Letters EGGS D I S A P P E A R I N G F R O M P E R E G R I N E E Y R I E S S I R S , -- T h e paper by D r . D . A. Ratcliffe on " B r o k e n eggs in Peregrine eyries" (antea, pp. 23-29) has greatly interested me, as it seems to throw considerable light on past ... Read More

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: XCII. Little Shearwater

01 October 1958 Comments Main paper Photographs and text by John W a r h a m (Plates 64-67) The Little, Allied or Dusky Shearwater (Procellaria baroli = Puffinus assimilis) is a small black and white shearwater whose oceanic distribution lies mainly in cold water south of the Equator. The b... Read More

Some notes on the Long-eared Owl

01 June 1941 Comments Main paper (Plate i.) does not appear to be a great deal of literature concerning the nocturnal habits of the Long-eared Owl (Asio o. otus), and, to a large extent, this can be understood as observations during the hours of darkness are difficult, and sometimes impo... Read More

Obituary: George Henry Caton Haigh (1860-1941), Maud Doria Haviland (Mrs. H. H. Brindley) (1891-1941).

01 June 1941 Comments Obituaries who died on February n t h , 1941, at the age of eighty, will be best remembered by ornithologists for the persistent and diligent watch he kept for rare migrants at North Cotes in Lincolnshire. His success in this quest was due to his very thorough and ... Read More