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01 May 1976 Comments Reviews Flamingos. Edited by Janet Kear and Nicole Duplaix-Hall. T, & A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted, 1975. 246 pages; seven colour plates; 48 black-and-white plates; numerous drawings, maps and diagrams, £8.00. In July 1973 an international gathering ... Read More

Breeding biology of Sanderlings in north-east Greenland

01 May 1976 Comments Main paper In the first detailed account of breeding Sanderlings Calidris alba, Manniche (1910) reported that only females incubated and attended the chicks. Other observers did not always agree, because both males and females were shot at the nest and one or two... Read More

Recent reports: End of August to mid November

01 December 1965 Comments News and comment (These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is mainly concerned with the two and a half months from the end of August to mid-November and thus follows on after the one published in the September issue {Brit. Birds, 5 8: 3... Read More

International ornithological Congress Oxford, 24th to 30th July 1966

01 December 1965 Comments Editorials The broad details of the XIV International Ornithological Congress were announced earlier this year (Brit. Birds, 58: 156-157). Preparations for it and the preceding week's cruise round Scottish bird-islands from 16th to 22nd July are now well advanced. B... Read More