Letters

01 December 1990 Comments Letters Ancient bird names. I welcome this opportunity to reply to Dougal Andrew's comments on classical bird names (Brit. Birds 83: 334-335). Our original object in the introduction to our account of the Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan (Brit. Birds...
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01 June 1990 Comments Letters Coto Doñana catastrophe. The Coto Doñana national park in southwest Spain is justly famous worldwide for its wildlife, especially its wealth of birds. It is facing ruin, however, unless the local authorities do an abrupt about-turn and stop developme...
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01 November 1931 Comments Letters SIRS,---It so happened that, after reading the letter on this subject (antea.-p, 140), I had to consult The Gentleman's Magazine (Vol. XIX.), 1749. I t was curious therefore to come across the following (p. 204) : " The Egg of a Swan with another in it. G...
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01 June 1931 Comments Letters SIRS,--Referring t o Mr. Riviere's Ornithological Report lor Norfolk for 1930 (antea, Vol. XXIV., pp. 306-318) m a y I be allowed t o make the following slight additions. SPRING MIGRATION.--As little has been recorded the following m a y be of interest. M...
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01 January 1929 Comments Letters SIRS,--May I be spared a little space to invite the attention of your readers to the Annual Report of the Oxford Ornithological Society on the Birds of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. This Report, the last issue of which you were good enough t...
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