Requests

01 March 1985 Comments Editorials Colour-marked and wing-tagged Eiders. The Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group is studying the local and long-distance movements of Eiders Somateria mollisiima by marking the males: the white plumage is dyed yellow, a yellow darvic tag is...
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Announcements

01 March 1985 Comments Editorials Christmas Whisky Puzzle. We received 46 correct solutions to the competition set on page xv of the December 1984 issue.  Whitethroat ('what' surrounding 'it or the' jumbled) Avocet ('ova' turned, followed by 'CET') Linnet ('let' with 'inn' in...
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Letters

01 March 1985 Comments Letters A possible reason why pigeons and other birds sometimes swim. The note by D, E. Ladhams on the infrequency of observations of pigeons (Columbidae) swimming, and his comment that the reason for this behaviour is puzzling {Brit. Birds 74: 265), prompts t...
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