English names in BB

28 January 2011 Comments Letters With reference to the announcement concerning changes to the English names that BB uses (in the January 2011 issue, Brit. Birds 104: 53), my views are probably known already (having reviewed Birds of the World: recommended English na...
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Letters

01 August 1954 Comments Letters SIRS,--A little confusion was caused on the Isle of May in 1953 by people claiming to assign Bluethroats (Luscinia svecica) to the White-spotted race (L. s. cyanecula) on the strength of wing-measurements and the relative lengths of the primaries. They we...
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