Letters

01 November 1999 Comments Letters Tombeur 's note on a pale Great Skua Catharacta skua in Iceland (Brit. Birds 92: 164-165) requires further comment. Judging by the `normal' bird, it looks to me as though the photographs, as well as one of the birds, are also pale. Allowing for this, I...
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Looking back

01 November 1999 Comments Other `There is a point in connection with the song of birds which I have not seen mentioned, although it must have been noticed by many who are interested in ornithology; it is the differences in the note, or rather the tone of the note, of a bird, in diffe...
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Reviews

01 October 1981 Comments Reviews The Evolutionary Ecology of Animal Migration. By R. R. Baker. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1978. xvii + 1012 pages; numerous blackand-white photographs and line-drawings. £35.00.  Reviewers as a class must surely agree with Callimachus...
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Recent reports

01 October 1981 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records Dates in this report refer to July unless otherwise stated. The weather during the first six days was unsettled as eastward moving weather-fronts crossed the country. Rather warmer air from...
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News and comment

01 October 1981 Comments News and comment North Sea Bird Watch The second annual report of the North Sea Bird Watch, co-ordinated by Dr R. A. F. Cox, has just been published listing the birds recorded at fixed and mobile installations on the Phillips Petroleum Company concessions in 19...
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Announcements

01 October 1981 Comments Editorials Peterson Sound Guide discs and cassettes special offer This offer is still open this month. See pages 400-401 in September issue for details. Please resubscribe now If your subscription falls due in January and you have not alrea...
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Letters

01 October 1981 Comments Letters Tree Pipits showing pale 'ear' spot The pale 'ear' spot of the Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni is a very useful supporting field feature of the species (see Brit. Birds 72: 95, for example) and this is borne out by my experien...
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Notes

01 October 1981 Comments Notes Sand Martins feeding on ground P. J. Oliver observed House Delichon urbica and Sand Martins Riparia riparia apparently feeding on the ground in the early morning {Brit. Birds 59: 499); an editorial comment suggested that they might be drinking ...
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Mystery photographs: Willet

01 October 1981 Comments Main paper Larger waders should not present many identification problems! At a distance, this one has long legs, a moderately long, stoutish bill and a fairly bulky body. On a European beach, three such species may be expected: Redshank Tringa totanus, Bar-tailed...
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