Short Reviews

01 February 1992 Comments Reviews Fantastic Journeys: the marvels of animal migration. Consultant Editor: Robin Baker. (Merehurst, London, 1991. 240 pages. £25.00) Interesting, authoritative texts, written in a very readable style, and scores of stunning photographs combine to make th...
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Reviews

01 February 1992 Comments Reviews The Herons of Europe. By Claire Voisin. Illustrated by G. Brusewitz, P. L. Suiro & F. Desbordes. T. & A. D. Poyser, London, 1991. 364 pages; four colour plates; 83 line-drawings. £22.50.  Wot! Not a n o t h e r book on herons? (There...
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Special review

01 August 1955 Comments Reviews (Part II) T H E Lariformes a r e considered a separate order by the Russians and are dealt with by G. P . Dementiev. On the one hand, he writes, they approach the waders and on the other the auks. But " t h e common morphological characteristics are not n...
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