Rarities committee news

01 March 2009
Comments News and comment Species new to Britain Records of species or subspecies new to Britain are assessed in the usual way, but are then sent to the Records Committee of the British Ornithologists' Union. Acceptance by the BOURC has to be unanimous and publication of such r...
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Letters

01 May 1971
Comments Letters Feather wear in Guillemots In view of R. J. Kennedy's note on feather wear in Guillemots Uria aalge (Brit. Birds, 63: 34-36) and the follow-up in this issue (pages 229-230), I should like to point out that a good many of the auks involved in the disaster ...
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Notes

01 May 1971
Comments Notes Display-flight of Sparrowhawks I was interested in the note by R. A. Hume and P. L. Garvey on the possible display-flight of four Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus on 25th January 1970 (Brit Birds, 63: 132). The unusual features were the number involved and th...
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