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Studies of less familiar birds 110. Grey-rumped Sandpiper

01 January 1961 Comments Main paper rumped Sandpiper (Tringa brevipes)* because it inhabits the remotest and wildest mountains of north-eastern Siberia. During the last few years, however, observations have been made by A.V.K., V. I. Kapitonov, K. A. Vorobiev and A. P. Vaskovski, and the fo... Read More

Recent reports and news

01 January 1961 Comments News and comment The items here are largely unchecked reports, and must not be regarded as authenticated records. They are selected, on the present writers' judgment alone, from sources generally found to be reliable. Observers' names are usually omitted for reasons of sp... Read More

Notes

01 January 1961 Comments Notes Little Shearwater in Norfolk.--On ist May i960 we found a freshly dead shearwater on the beach between Cley and Blakeney Point, Norfolk. It was in good condition but for the left carpal joint, which was bare to the bone. The bird was black above and white... Read More

Letters

01 October 1958 Comments Letters EGGS D I S A P P E A R I N G F R O M P E R E G R I N E E Y R I E S S I R S , -- T h e paper by D r . D . A. Ratcliffe on " B r o k e n eggs in Peregrine eyries" (antea, pp. 23-29) has greatly interested me, as it seems to throw considerable light on past ... Read More