Letters

01 December 1960
Comments Letters International ornithological congresses Sirs,--In his review of the Proceedings of the XII International Ornithological Congress {Brit. Birds, 53: 447-452) your reviewer makes some most relevant observations concerning the present nature of these meetings...
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Reviews

01 December 1960
Comments Reviews The Isle of May. By W. J. Eggeling. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1960. xiv-j-280 pages; 20 photographic plates, 30s. The firm of Oliver & Boyd has for some time been earning a deservedly high reputation for the publication of natural history books...
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Notes

01 December 1960
Comments Notes Aggressive behaviour of Barrow's Goldeneye with young.-- Although Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) does not figure on the British and Irish list, the following notes may be of interest as an instance of an aggressive attitude during the breeding s...
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List of illustrations

01 December 1960
Comments Editorials Lammergeier (Gypaitus barbatus), adult at nest, Spain (from a Kodachrome by Eric Hosking) .. .. , , facing Rose-brcastcd Grosbeak (Pbeucticus ludovicianus), male summer and winter, and female; American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica), adult and yo...
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Letter

01 March 1945
Comments Letters SIRS,--I am collecting all the information I can on clutch size and nesting success in the Robin (Erithacus rubecula), and should be very grateful for any unpublished information which readers could supply. Every nest record is of value, both from Britain...
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Reviews

01 March 1945
Comments Reviews Ornithological Report for Northumberland and Durham for 1943. Compiled by G. W. Temperley (The Naturalist, July-September, 1944). I N spite of war-time curtailment of opportunities for bird observation this carefully compiled report contains a noteworthy...
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