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News and comment

01 November 1981 Comments News and comment Anti-shooting Since 1976, when it commissioned an independent study into shooting and angling under Lord Medway (now the Earl ofCranbrook), the RSPCA has been reviewing its position on these matters. Now, a year after receiving Cranbrook's report, it h... Read More

Mystery photographs: Common Swift

01 November 1981 Comments Main paper One out of large numbers of Swifts Apus apus flying over a reservoir is feeding particularly close and, in the bright light, shows more plumage detail than the others. Dark blackish brown belly and underwingcoverts contrast with lighter flight fea... Read More

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1980

01 November 1981 Comments Main paper This is the twenty-third report of the Rarities Committee. Details of Committee membership and other matters relating to its work during the year have already been published {Brit. Birds 74: 314). So far (and excluding Cory's Shearwaters), 593 records ... Read More

Reviews

01 March 1961 Comments Reviews Atlas of European Birds. By K. H . Voous. N e l s o n , London, i960. 284 pages; 419 maps and 355 photographs. 70s. One of the post-war developments in ornithology has been the attention given to bird distribution. There has been a growing realisation of ... Read More