Recent reports and news

01 January 1962
Comments News and comment [These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] Our last summary reviewed the occurrences of unusual Passerines and of all American species from early August to November, against a background of the more striking movements of common land ...
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Notes

01 January 1962
Comments Notes G o l d e n E a g l e a t t a c k i n g Reindeer.--With reference to the recent papers by Dr. K. Curry-Lindahl and Dr. G. Bergman on the food and feeding habits of birds of prey in Fenno-Scandia (Brit, Birds, 54: 297-306, 307-320), it may be of interest t...
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Recent reports and news

01 May 1958
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 writer's judgment alone, from sources generally found to be reliable. Observers' names are usually omitted in case a report ...
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Request for information

01 May 1958
Comments Editorials FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY Status of the Wryneck.--Readers are reminded that all records of this species are of value (see antea, p. 163) and should be sent to editors of. county bird reports or, in cases of doubt, to the or...
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Reviews

01 May 1958
Comments Reviews By GUY MOUNTFORT. Illustrated by E R I C HOSKING. (Hutchinson, London, 1958). 240 p a g e s ; 60 plates incorporating 130 photographs in monochrome and colour; line-drawings. 30s. O N E OF THE SYMPTOMS of the modern " o r n i t h o m a n i a " to which M...
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Notes

01 May 1958
Comments Notes Red-breasted Goose in Sussex.--While watching a flock of 112 White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) on flood water at Amberley, Sussex, on 8th February 1958, one of us (P.R.M.) had a brief view of a Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) amongst them. The ...
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