Seventy-five years ago

01 July 1990
Comments Other 'CUCKOO' S METHOD OF DEPOSITING EGG. On May 19th, 1915,I visited an old friend of mine in Norfolk. He leads a very secluded life but is a keen observer of natural history and a man whose word one can trust implicitly. There are some ...
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Monthly marathon

01 July 1990
Comments Main paper It was almost impossible to judge the size of that flying wader (plate 104), but very few people fell into the trap of overestimating its bulk. Entrants named it as: Sanderling Calidris alba (93%) Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola (5%). It was, indeed, ...
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News and comment

01 July 1990
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Welsh Conference 1990 The third annual conference of the Welsh Ornithological Society was held in Aberystwyth on 7th April and attracted nearly a hundred participa...
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Requests

01 July 1990
Comments Editorials Photographs of large falcons For a forthcoming identification paper in British Birds on the large falcons of the Western Palearctic, including Lanner Falco biarmicus, Saker F. cherrug, Gyrfalcon F. rusticolus and Peregrine F, peregrinus, photographs (i...
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Announcement

01 July 1990
Comments Editorials Books in British BirdShop A SPECIAL OFFER for BB subscribers this month: the 1968 classic Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World by Leslie Brown and Dean Amadon, now in a single-volume hardback edition (1989). Only limited stocks are available. Please ...
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Short reviews

01 July 1990
Comments Reviews The Complete Birdwatcher: illustrated encyclopedia of birds (192 pages). Birds of Britain and Europe. By John Andrews (128 pages). Bird Sounds of the World (Cassette). (Hamlyn, London, 1989. £17.95) This is more than a book, it is an attractively pres...
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