Reviews

01 September 1969 Comments Reviews Handbuch der Vogel Mitteleuropas. Vols 2 and 3. Anseriformes. Edited by K. M. Bauer and U. N. Glutz von Blotzheim. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main. Vol 2 (1968): 535 P a g es > 5 colour plates; 76 text-figures and maps. Vol 5 (1969): 50...
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Notes

01 September 1969 Comments Notes Fish jumping into Heron's mouth On 16th August 1969, at Talybont Reservoir, Breconshire, we saw a Heron Ardea cinerea standing on the edge of a small concrete 'waterfall' about two feet high; it was leaning forward in such a manner that its open bill was ...
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The Hastings Rarities again

01 September 1969 Comments Main paper It was only to be expected that the searching review of the Hastings Rarities in August 1962 (Nelder 1962, Nicholson and Ferguson-Lees 1962) would, in certain circles, cause considerable distress and a desire to rebut, if possible, the arguments which led...
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Some Habits of the Stone-Curlew

01 October 1933 Comments Main paper (Plates 4 & 5.) FOR several seasons I have watched Stone-Curlews {Burhinus as. cedicnemus) in Suffolk. Perhaps one of the most outstanding points of interest is their habit of returning to exactly the same haunts each year to nest. Had my hide for observa...
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