Recent reports

01 May 1994 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 22nd March to 17th April 1994 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris Regular individual returned to Hermaness (Shetland), 26th March. Black Stork Cico...
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Monthly marathon

01 May 1994 Comments Other February's breast-banded passerine (plate 33) was named as Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris (66%), Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra (21%), Bimaculated Lark M. bimaculata (11%) and Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla (2%), It was a juvenile Ho...
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Reviews

01 June 1984 Comments Reviews Cranes of the World. By Paul A. Johnsgard. Croom Helm, London, 1984. 258 pages; 23 colour plates; 24 black-and-white plates; several linedrawings; range-maps. £25.00. Paul Johnsgard used to be known almost solely as a wildfowl man, with a long li...
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Short Reviews

01 June 1984 Comments Reviews Where to Watch Birds in Southern Africa. By A. Berruti and J. C. Sinclair. (C. Struick Publishers, 1983. £14.00 including p&p from RSA Book Distributors, PO Box 1144, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.) Covering Southern Africa from the Cape to the Cun...
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