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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...

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...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1998

01 November 1999 Comments Main paper This is the forty-first annual Report of the British Birds Rarities Committee and it is an almost complete record of the rare birds recorded in Britain in 1998. Descriptions and, where available, photographs of each record have been scrutinised by a te...

A life for ornithology: Stanley Cramp (1913-1987)

01 July 1992 Comments Obituaries A life for ornithology: Stanley Cramp (1913-1987) It is now nearly five years since the untimely death of Stanley Cramp: the obituaries have been written, the dust has settled, and the time has come, I think, for a more detailed and frank biogr...

Recent reports

01 July 1992 Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 15th May to 12th June 1992 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Tacumshin (Co. Wexford), 20th May. Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Cahirciveen (Co. Kerry), 27th May (fi...

News and comment

01 July 1992 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds' CITES and the wild-bird trade The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held its latest conference in Kyoto, Japan...

Requests

01 July 1992 Comments Editorials Reprints on owls Authors of articles or publications dealing with owls and wishing them to be listed in the second edition of a Working Bibliography of Owls of the World are asked to send reprints to: Professor Richard J. Clark, The Owl Bibliography, c/o ...