Letters

01 January 2003
Comments Letters The `Dungeness petrel' (Brit. Birds 95: 156-165; 459-464) would surely have been astounded if it could have realised how much print would be generated by its decision, as it flew down the Channel on 4th January 1998, to keep to the right-hand shore rat...
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Letters

01 November 1992
Comments Letters Shell identification. May I respectfully point out that the bivalve shell attached to the bill of a Dunlin Calidris alpina in plate 111 is not a cockle Cardium, but looks very like a thick trough shell Spisula solida. This species has a much thick...
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