Letters

01 January 1968 Comments Letters Little or White-rumped Swift ? Sirs,---The interesting article by I. J. Ferguson-Lees on Apus affinis {Brit. Birds, 60: 286-290) prompts me to raise two points. The first is the choice of the vernacular name 'White-rumped Swift' in preference to that of '...
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Letters

01 November 1955 Comments Letters Colour-marked and leucistic Barnacle Geese Sirs,--I should be most grateful if anyone w h o sees Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) in north-west Scotland, the Hebrides or Ireland during the next two winters would look for individuals wearing North America...
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Letters

01 November 1955 Comments Letters T H E " D U N G E N E S S " RINGING-PLIERS SIRS,--Although the Bird-Ringing Committee welcomes the " D u n g e n e s s " ringing-pliers as a valuable aid to better ringing, there are two dangers concerning their use which were not mentioned by Mr. H . E ....
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