Monthly marathon

01 April 2000
Comments Other February's mystery bird (plate 71, repeated here as plate 116) is clearly a medium-sized leaf-warbler Phylloscopus. There are no obvious wing-bars or tertial tips, and apparently no central crown stripe, so we can immediately rule out a number of speci...
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Looking back

01 April 2000
Comments Other ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO: `I have just obtained a bird which is in the list of your desiderata, and I therefore hope it will be acceptable to you. As the bird agrees in every respect with the description given of the stork (Ardea Ciconia), excep...
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Monthly marathon

01 September 1995
Comments Other We greatly regret that the closing dates for the last two hurdles (plates 97 and 111) were given incorrectly as 15th July and 15th August, instead of 15th August and 15th September, respectively. We are, therefore, extending the deadline for receipt of...
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Looking Back

01 September 1995
Comments Other 'Honey-buzzard, Pemis apivorus. I could wish to exclude the vulgar name of honey-buzzard, for it only tends to perpetuate an error, since it is well known that the bird never eats honey. Ray called it "Buteo apivorus seu vespivorus" as if it fed solely...
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