Letters

01 November 1999
Comments Letters Tombeur 's note on a pale Great Skua Catharacta skua in Iceland (Brit. Birds 92: 164-165) requires further comment. Judging by the `normal' bird, it looks to me as though the photographs, as well as one of the birds, are also pale. Allowing for this, I...
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Looking back

01 November 1999
Comments Other `There is a point in connection with the song of birds which I have not seen mentioned, although it must have been noticed by many who are interested in ornithology; it is the differences in the note, or rather the tone of the note, of a bird, in diffe...
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Request for information

01 June 1968
Comments Editorials Survey of Stonechats in Wales.--A survey of the breeding population of the Stonechat Saxicola torquata in Wales is being carried out during 1968. County recorders are acting as local organisers in most areas (see list in Brit. Birds, 61: 191) and observer...
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Recent reports

01 June 1968
Comments News and comment (These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is mainly concerned with April 1968 and, unless otherwise stated, all dates refer to that month. A few May reports have been included where they seem particularly relevant to Ap...
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News and comments

01 June 1968
Comments News and comment Birds and aircraft.--The current issue of B.T.O. News contains a discussion by Dr. W. R. P. Bourne of the problem of collisions between birds and aircraft. This hazard is not new, but is becoming more serious as aircraft speeds increase and jet engines re...
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Letters

01 June 1968
Comments Letters The Bass Rock albatross Sirs,--Having worked upon four species of albatross for a number of years {Polar Record, 10: 145-146; 11: 282-283; I 2 : 601-602), I was interested to read George Waterston's account {Brit. Birds, 61: 22-27) of the Black-browed Alb...
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Review

01 June 1968
Comments Reviews Birdwatching: a Guide to European Birds. By Bertel B m u n . Illustrated by Philippe Degrave. Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967. 160 pages with 350 illustrations in colour. 5s. The concept of this paperback is that of a handy comprehensive European bird-book at a...
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