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01 May 1973 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records February 1973 was a mild, relatively dry month. There was a distinct change in the weather around 11th-12th when north-westerly winds brought snow over much of Britain. From about 16th to 1...

News and comment

01 May 1973 Comments News and comment Restricting trade in endangered species One of the hazards threatening scarce animal and plant species has been the international, and usually commercial, trade in live specimens and in products from dead ones, such as skins and pelts. In an en...

Letters

01 May 1973 Comments Letters The Moorhen's ability to remain submerged A recent note by R. W. Robson (Brit. Birds, 65: 299-300) and the appended editorial comment suggest that it is unusual for Moorhens Gallinula chloropus to submerge for long periods of time, especially w...

Reviews

01 May 1973 Comments Reviews Waders in New Zealand. By Elaine Power. Collins, Auckland and London, 1972. 21 plates, with two-page key. £1.75. This book is the second in a series intended to present pleasant collections of bird portraits, so prompting a wider interest in t...

Notes

01 May 1973 Comments Notes Little Grebe eating bread On 7th October 1972, in Dunham Park, Cheshire, I was watching three Little Grebes Tachybaptus ruficollis, two adults and a juvenile, feeding on a pond at the side of a public footpath. There were also about 20 tame Mal...

The threat postures of the Robin

01 May 1973 Comments Main paper In 1968 I had the opportunity of observing the behaviour of some Robins Erithacus rubecula which had been hand-reared after accidents had destroyed their nests. The behaviour of two young that had been reared together appeared quite normal, but in one ...

The ecology and conservation of the Red Kite in Wales

01 May 1973 Comments Main paper General introduction The history of the British population of Red Kites Milvus milvus and of their protection in Wales, from the late nineteenth century until 1970, has been documented in much detail by Salmon (1957, 1970, and unpublished...

Editorial: The work of the 'Kite Committee'

01 May 1973 Comments Editorials Of the fourteen species of raptors which breed in Britain, probably none holds more magic for the birdwatcher than the Red Kite Milvus milvus. This may be partly due to the bird's distinctive shape and coloration, but is probably more a reflection of t...

50th Anniversary messages

01 June 1957 Comments Main paper FURTHER to mark our 50 years of continuous publication, we invited comments from a number of distinguished ornithologists, chiefly Editors of other journals, both in this country and abroad. Below, we print a selection of the replies we received.From M. l...

Editorial: The First Fifty Years

01 June 1957 Comments Editorials Witherby approached many friends and fellow-ornithologists to support a monthly magazine devoted entirely to the study of British birds, which had long been in his mind. A note in his handwriting records how, at the British Ornithologists' Club that Janu...

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