Letters

01 October 1961
Comments Letters The need for distinctive bird names Sirs,--In an editorial in January 1953 (Brit. Birds, 46: 1-3) you announced that you tentatively proposed to desert the current usage of that time, as represented by The Handbook, of British Birds (1938-41), and change ...
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Notes

01 October 1961
Comments Notes Little Grebe eating bread.--On 3rd September 1961, we were standing by a lake in Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, when we noted that a Little Grebe (Podsceps ruficollis) showed interest at the approach of some people to feed the water fowl. As soon as they ...
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The vocabulary of the Great Tit

01 October 1961
Comments Main paper T H E V O C A B U L A R Y of the Great Tit (Parus major) is notorious for its variety. Nicholson (1936) remarked that "a proper description of the Great Tit's language would almost require a book to itself, for no other British bird uses such a wide varie...
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Notice

01 August 1961
Comments Editorials Possible charter flight to America for XIII International Ornithological Congress.--The cost of travel to the United States may cause a major reduction in the European attendance at the XIII International Ornithological Congress at Cornell University in J...
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Requests for information

01 August 1961
Comments Editorials Colour-ringed Black-headed Gulls.--As part of a population and behavioural study of the Black-headed Gull (Lams ridibundus), 1,500 juveniles were marked in June 1961, at Ravenglass, Cumberland, with a black plastic ring on the left leg and a metal ring on...
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Recent reports and news

01 August 1961
Comments News and comment [These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] This summary is mainly concerned with the eight weeks from mid-June to early August and follows on after the one in our July issue (pages 293-296). It covers the rarer species and some first...
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