Seventy-Five Years Ago

01 November 1984
Comments Other 'If I read him correctly, Mr. F. Stubbs (antea, p. 155) seems to think that song is nothing more than the ebullition of superfluous energy. That is to say that it plays as much or as little part in the life of a bird as steam escaping into the air from...
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Reviews

01 November 1984
Comments Reviews The Birds of the Soviet Union: a sound guide [Russian]. By Boris N. Veprintsev. Three 30cm 33.3 rpm long-playing records, nos. C90-18023/ 4, 5/6 & 7/8. 1982. Melodiya, All-Union Studio for Recorded Sound, 32-34 Smolensk Square, Moscow 200, USSR. Ob...
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Recent Reports

01 November 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to August unless otherwise stated. The prolonged settled weather this summer continued throughout August as high-pressure areas remained nearby. The few weath...
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News and comment

01 November 1984
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Pert Pools Project: 10th birthday For the last ten autumns, a shallow pool adjacent to the coast road at Pett Level, East Sussex, has been partly drained to provid...
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Requests

01 November 1984
Comments Editorials Identification of stints and peeps. In 12 or 18 months' time, we intend to publish an update of identification criteria, based on the thorough field-testing which will undoubtedly be taking place following the publication in July of the paper...
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Announcements

01 November 1984
Comments Editorials New edition of 'The "British Birds" List of Birds of the Western Palearctic'. A new edition of our checklist is currently in production, not this time as a small booklet, but as a BB-sized booklet with 15 columns for each species. Thus, this checklist ...
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Letters

01 November 1984
Comments Letters Recommended letter-code abbreviations for British birds. For over 20 years, members of the BTO have been using letter-codes to register birds seen on Common Birds Census visits. Various additions to the list of codes have been made over the years, nota...
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Notes

01 November 1984
Comments Notes One Fulmar killing another At 10.34 GMT on 6th April 1982, at Linni Geo, Fair Isle, Shetland, I came across two Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis fighting in the sea at the base of a 30-m cliff. I was about 100m away, but had a clear view. Although I did...
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Mystery Photographs

01 November 1984
Comments Main paper It is early November; the willows and hawthorns around the pond at the edge of the wood are shedding their leaves, but enough remain to provide some concealment for the birds that go there to drink and bathe. As we watch, a small bird moves cautiously ...
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