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01 April 1957 Comments Reviews By LEONARD W . W I N G . (Ronald Press Company, New York, 1956). 539 pages, 222 textfigures and numerous tables. Price $6.75. THERE is g r e a t need at the present time for a general biology of birds covering the whole field, and the present book fills ...

Notes

01 April 1957 Comments Notes of Boelus, Nebraska, informs me that he wing-tipped a young female White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) whilst shooting on the North Platte river in the autumn of 1903 or 1904--he is not sure which---and took the bird back to his farm. H e goes on to say...

Neottiophilum Praeustum in birds' nests

01 April 1957 Comments Main paper Diptera with n o close relatives, being" the only member of the family Neottiophilidae. T h e larvae are ectoparasites of nestling birds and live in the lining of the nest, periodically attaching themselves to the nestlings and sucking blood. They are thu...

Photographic studies of some less familiar birds: LXXX. Kite

01 April 1957 Comments Main paper THE K I T E or Red Kite (Milvus milvus) has a much more restricted rÃÂ¤nge than its close relative, the Black Kite (M. migrans), of which we published photographs just a year ago (antea, vol. xlix, plates 5-7, pp. 140-141). It is usually, too, a much...

The rarer birds of Prey: Their Present Status in the British Isles

01 April 1957 Comments Main paper Their Present Status in the British Isles T H E BIRDS OF PREY are a fascinating- group. They always attract attention and arouse an unusual degree of admiration or persecution according to outlook. Largely for that reason their distribution and their bree...

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01 September 1952 Comments Reviews The Sea Around Us. By Rachel L. Carson (Staples, 1951). 12s. 6d. I t is a remarkable indication of t h e growth of interest in the oceans t h a t this scientific account of them should have run through three impressions within the month of publication. It...

Notes

01 September 1952 Comments Notes Some notes on the behaviour of House-Sparrows.--These notes (which are additional to those already published, antea, vol. xliv, pp. 18-19 > 369-372) summarize intermittent observations on HouseSparrows (Passer domesticus) in Britain (work in progress) an...

Notes on the courtship display of Gulls

01 September 1952 Comments Main paper The Handbook deals in considerable detail with the display of the Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus) quoting the observations of Goethe, Portielje, and Darling. The notes on Common Gull (L. canus) and Great Black-backed Gull (L. marinus) refer mainly to the ...

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Studies of some species rarely photographed. XLIII. The Buff-backed Heron

01 September 1952 Comments Main paper (317) STUDIES OF SOME SPECIES RARELY PHOTOGRAPHED. XLIII. THE BUFF-BACKED HERON. {Photographed by G. K. YEATES). (Plates 65-70). The Buff-backed Heron (Ardeola ibis) has a more southerly range than the other herons on the British list, extending into Euro...

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Notes

Neottiophilum Praeustum in birds' nests

Photographic studies of some less familiar birds: LXXX. Kite

The rarer birds of Prey: Their Present Status in the British Isles

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Notes

Notes on the courtship display of Gulls

Studies of some species rarely photographed. XLIII. The Buff-backed Heron

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