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...
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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...
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Letters

01 December 1950
Comments Letters SIRS,---A note recently published in British Birds (antea, p. 89) commenting on the presence of Bewick's Swans a t Malltraeth, suggests t h a t the status of this species in Anglesey is t h a t of a n occasional visitor. These birds are, however, more reg...
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Review

01 December 1950
Comments Reviews Robin Redbreast. By David Lack. (Oxford University Press ; L o n d o n : Geoffrey Cumberlege. 15/-). In this volume, which appears to be a by-product of his earlier work and is a sort of ornithological jeu d'esprit, Dr. Lack deals with the " unnatural h i...
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Notes

01 December 1950
Comments Notes " A N T I N G " OF CARRION CROW ON June 15th, 1949, at Strawberry Hill, Middlesex, 1 observed a Carrion Crow (Corvus corone), at a distance of twenty yards, behaving in a peculiar manner. It was squatting on the grass with its feathers widespread. At hal...
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