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Letters

01 November 1994 Comments Letters Origin of European Pink-backed Pelicans. Following the report of a Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens in Spain (Brit. Birds 86: 374-375), and one near Sagrado, northeast Italy, in September 1992, as well as other observations farther north in Euro...

Reviews

01 November 1994 Comments Reviews Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. By Peter Clement. Illustrated by Alan Harris & John Davis. Christopher Helm Publishers, London, 1993. 500 pages; 73 colour plates; 44 line-drawings; over 280 distribution maps. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2. £29...

Announcements

01 November 1994 Comments Editorials The 'BB' Award for the Best Annual Bird Report Entries are invited for the fourth annual award (see accounts of the first, second and third awards, Brit. Birds 85: 299-308; 86: 163-165; 87: 171-173), which is open to all those clubs and societies in Br...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1993

01 November 1994 Comments Main paper This, the Rarities Committee's thirty-sixth annual report, details records of rare birds in 1993: a year with many highlights and much to interest the rare-bird enthusiast. The Committee has again been supported by the sponsorship of Carl Zeiss (Oberko...

Pollutants in Merlin eggs and their effects on breeding

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper In view of the declining status of the Merlin Falco columbarius in Britain (Bibby & Nattrass 1986; Newton et al. 1986), we have continued to analyse unhatched eggs for pollutant residues. The findings from eggs collected to 1980 were given in ...

The World's first known juvenile Cox's Sandpiper

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper For once, the North Americans have beaten the British by being first to find a spectacular vagrant Asiatic shorebird away from the Alaskan out-islands. This time we outdid everyone, producing a juvenile Cox's Sandpiper Calidris paramelanotos in Ma...

Diary dates

01 June 1988 Comments Editorials This list covers July 1988 to June 1989.0 9th July ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AGM. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London. Details from the Secretary, OSME, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SGI9 2DI.....

Notes

01 June 1988 Comments Notes The Exe Estuary egret of August 1985. On 21st August 1985, we discovered an egret Egretta at the Exe Estuary, Devon. It was a small, wholly white egret with no noticeable plumes. Compared with (memories of) a Little Egret E. garzetta, it appeared to be...

Mystery photographs

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper This raptor is easily identified as a harrier Circus by its long tail and its wing attitude. The dark hood and whitish underwing-coverts suggest that it is an adult male. The pattern of the flight feathers, however, is unlike that of any of the four we...

Product reports

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...

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