Reviews

01 June 1971
Comments Reviews Les Oiseaux du Proche et du Moyen Orient. By F. Hue and R.-D. Etchecopar. N. Boubee et Cie, Paris, 1970. 952 pages; 32 colour and 2 black-and-white plates and 356 line-drawings by Paul Barruel; 429 distribution maps; 2 end-maps. Fr 220.00. The two disting...
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Notes

01 June 1971
Comments Notes Black Terns feeding over dry land Recent notes (Brit. Birds, 62: 282; 63: 34; 64: 32-33) have suggested that Black Terns Chlidonias niger feed over non-aquatic habitats more commonly than the published records indicate. This is certainly borne out by obse...
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Notes

01 October 1952
Comments Notes Magpies and Jays eating waspsStarling imitating telephone bellGreenfinch imitating RedstartChaffinch building in deserted Song Thrush's nest of the same seasonFly-catching by buntingsTawny Pipit in Essex...
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