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...
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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...
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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...
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Reviews

01 July 1939
Comments Reviews Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club, Vol. X X I , Part I. T H I S contains a very well deserved tribute to Mr. Charles Oldham, signed by a number of naturalist friends and addressed to him on the occasion of his sevent...
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Notes

01 July 1939
Comments Notes I THINK it will be of interest to record a case of bigamy in Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus), which I had under observation in England during the summer of 1938. It is well known that this species has a tendency to nest in small colonies, but I do no...
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