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Pollutants in Merlin eggs and their effects on breeding

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper In view of the declining status of the Merlin Falco columbarius in Britain (Bibby & Nattrass 1986; Newton et al. 1986), we have continued to analyse unhatched eggs for pollutant residues. The findings from eggs collected to 1980 were given in ...

The World's first known juvenile Cox's Sandpiper

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper For once, the North Americans have beaten the British by being first to find a spectacular vagrant Asiatic shorebird away from the Alaskan out-islands. This time we outdid everyone, producing a juvenile Cox's Sandpiper Calidris paramelanotos in Ma...

Diary dates

01 June 1988 Comments Editorials This list covers July 1988 to June 1989.0 9th July ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AGM. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London. Details from the Secretary, OSME, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SGI9 2DI.....

Notes

01 June 1988 Comments Notes The Exe Estuary egret of August 1985. On 21st August 1985, we discovered an egret Egretta at the Exe Estuary, Devon. It was a small, wholly white egret with no noticeable plumes. Compared with (memories of) a Little Egret E. garzetta, it appeared to be...

Mystery photographs

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper This raptor is easily identified as a harrier Circus by its long tail and its wing attitude. The dark hood and whitish underwing-coverts suggest that it is an adult male. The pattern of the flight feathers, however, is unlike that of any of the four we...

Product reports

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...

Urban Merlins in Canada

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper Recent concern over the plight of the Merlin Falco columbarius in Britain (Bibby & Nattrass 1986) prompted me to write this short report on the Merlin's current status in Canada, where some interesting developments have recently occurred. Four subs...

Habitat preferences and preyof Merlins in winter

01 June 1988 Comments Main paper Sexual dimorphism in size of adult Merlins Falco columbarius is marked, the blue-mantled males weighing about 24-30% less than the brown females (Cramp & Simmons 1980; Dr C.J. Bibby in lift.). First-years of both sexes are brown, like adult females...

Reviews

01 May 1980 Comments Reviews Guide to Living Birds. By J. E. Webb, J. A. Wallwork and J. H. Elgood. Macmillan Press, London, 1979. 291 pages; many figures and maps. £4.95. This is claimed to be a reference work for the university undergraduate studying birds, and to...

Recent reports

01 May 1980 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report refers to February and unless otherwise stated all dates refer to that month, The westerly airflow during the first half of the month brought mainly mild conditions asAtlantic d...

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