Monthly marathon

01 November 1996
Comments Other The farther of the two birds in plate 144 was named as American Coot Fulica americana (80%), Red-knobbed (exCrested) Coot F. cristata (10%), Common Coot F. atra (7%) and Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (3%), and the nearer as Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisege...
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Recent reports

01 November 1996
Comments News and comment Great Snipe Gallinago media At least 11 up to 1st October, including three on Fair Isle (Shetland) on 20th September. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Dumbarton (Strathclyde), 22nd-30th September. Crested Lark Galerida cristata Landguard (Suffolk), 2nd a...
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News and comment

01 November 1996
Comments News and comment When the latest issue of your favourite magazine arrives through the letter box, do you open it and promptly shake it over the litter bin? All those inserts are presumably disposed of immediately in countless households, at least judging by the comment...
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Looking Back

01 November 1996
Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'Nansen's Discovery of the Breeding Habits of Ross's Gull. The "Daily Chronicle" during the past few days has given us the first connected narrative from the pen of the "Hero of the "White North". This account of the greatest adv...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 May 1988
Comments Other 'The inclusion of Barrow's Goldeneye as a British species has recently been shown to be entirely unwarranted and this is mentioned by Mr. Millais in a footnote added while his work was "in the press." We must take exception, too, to the inclusion of Ba...
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Identification of large terns

01 May 1988
Comments Main paper This concluding part consists solely of photographs of the seven (or eight) species concerned, and is intended to be used in conjunction with the text, maps and paintings which appeared in Part 1 (Brit. Birds 80: 257-276).107. Adult winter Caspian Tern...
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Readership survey

01 May 1988
Comments Main paper The pull-out questionnaire which was included in the October 1987 issue was aimed mainly at providing us with information so that we can (1) adjust the balance of the contents of the journal to suit the wishes of our readers, and (2) provide our advert...
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Bird Photograph of the Year

01 May 1988
Comments Main paper At the risk of boring our regular readers, we must say, yet again, that the photographic standard of this competition is amazingly high. For the judges, this is very much one of the highlights of the year, full of pleasure and enjoyment. It is extremel...
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