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Photographic studies of some less Familiar birds: LXVI. Hoopoe

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper T H E Hoopoe (Upupa epops) has already appeared in our series (vol. xlii, plates 15-17), but Mr. Doncaster's magnificent photographs are so different, and show so well the remarkable flight pattern of this bird, that we feel more than justified in publish...

Field-notes on some Asian Leaf-Warblers-II

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper T H E first part of this paper (antea, pp. 293-299) dealt with those leaf-warblers or willow warblers (Phylloscopus) which are distinguished by their pale wing-bars; in this second part I turn to those species that have no wing-bar and add notes on some v...

Special review

01 August 1955 Comments Reviews (Part II) T H E Lariformes a r e considered a separate order by the Russians and are dealt with by G. P . Dementiev. On the one hand, he writes, they approach the waders and on the other the auks. But " t h e common morphological characteristics are not n...

Notes on the Black Duck

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper T H E chances of the Black Duck (Anas rubripes) shot in Ireland on 5th February 1954 having - escaped from captivity may be regarded as negligible. Very few are kept in waterfowl collections, and although they have been bred at Slimbridge, Gloucestersh...

Black Duck in Co. Kilkenny: A Bird New To Ireland And Britain

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper O N 12th February 1954 a duck, which had been forwarded by Mr. Frank Hudson, Carriganore, Waterford, was received at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. Mr. P . E. Dunn and I identified it as a Black Duck [Anas rubripes), a native of eastern North Ame...

The mixing of the races of the Yellow Wagtail in Kenya

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper THERE is considerable controversy over the occurrence of certain east European and Asiatic races of the Yellow W a g t a i l (Motacilla flava) in Great Britain. Some ornithologists accept these records as examples of vagrancy while others claim some of th...

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01 January 1943 Comments Notes THE Handbook of British Birds states that on the continent Magpies may roost in hundreds, but I have not heard of a roost of any magnitude in this country. On March 30th, 1942 near Northallerton the chattering of Magpies (Pica p. pica) drew my attention ...

Obituary: Rear-Admiral Hubert Lynes (1874-1942)

01 January 1943 Comments Obituaries (1874-1942) ORNITHOLOGISTS all over the world and a host of friends will greatly deplore the loss of Rear-Admiral Lynes, whose death took place after a short illness on November 10th, 1942, at a Naval Hospital. Hubert Lynes was born on November 27th, 187...

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