July reports

01 October 1974
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records A Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris was present in the gannetry on Herrnaness, Unst (Shetland), throughout the summer. Following the June report of a Fulmar Fulmarus glaci...
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News and comment

01 October 1974
Comments News and comment Growth of the British and Irish list The number of full species admitted to the British and Irish list during the 17 decades which have elapsed since 1800 has varied from as few as four to as many as 27 per decade, the average being 13; Kenneth...
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Notes

01 October 1974
Comments Notes Egg-laying by the Great Crested Grebe Although the behaviour of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus has been intensively studied, many questions are still open. One such question is how Great Crested Grebes lay their eggs, and whether they exhibit ...
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Errata

01 December 1953
Comments Editorials VOL. XLVI. Line 13 from bottom, for "Savidge" read "Savage". Line 12 from bottom, for "extirpation" read "extirpation". Line 27 from bottom, for "cinerea" read "brachydactyla". Line 19, for "the first record" read "the second record". Line 17, for " E x e...
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Letter

01 December 1953
Comments Letters SIRS,--Beginning with 1953 an annual report for the county of Norfolk is to be published jointly by the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society and the Norfolk Naturalists' Trust and I would be grateful if any of your readers who have records of observat...
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