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01 November 1994 Comments Letters Origin of European Pink-backed Pelicans. Following the report of a Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens in Spain (Brit. Birds 86: 374-375), and one near Sagrado, northeast Italy, in September 1992, as well as other observations farther north in Euro...

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01 November 1994 Comments Reviews Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. By Peter Clement. Illustrated by Alan Harris & John Davis. Christopher Helm Publishers, London, 1993. 500 pages; 73 colour plates; 44 line-drawings; over 280 distribution maps. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2. £29...

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01 November 1994 Comments Editorials The 'BB' Award for the Best Annual Bird Report Entries are invited for the fourth annual award (see accounts of the first, second and third awards, Brit. Birds 85: 299-308; 86: 163-165; 87: 171-173), which is open to all those clubs and societies in Br...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1993

01 November 1994 Comments Main paper This, the Rarities Committee's thirty-sixth annual report, details records of rare birds in 1993: a year with many highlights and much to interest the rare-bird enthusiast. The Committee has again been supported by the sponsorship of Carl Zeiss (Oberko...

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01 September 1954 Comments Letters SIRS,--I read with great interest the paper by Desmond Morris (antea, pp. 33-49) and the subsequent letter by A. J. Bruce (antea, p. 215) in which this subject is discussed. Bruce's theory, that a thrush (Turdus sp.) cannot afford to use its feet owing to...

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01 September 1954 Comments Reviews Report on Somerset Birds, 1952: 39ft Report of the Ornithological Section of the Somersetshire Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc. Obtainable from G. H. E. Young, Bank House, Martock, Somerset. 5s. Ornithological Notes, Bristol District, 1952. Edited by H. H. Davis...

Reviews

01 September 1954 Comments Reviews Birds as Animals, i. A History of Birds. By James Fisher (Hutchinson's University Library, London, 1954). 8s. 6d. THIS book is based on the author's previously published Birds as- Animals (Heinemann, 1939), but is a completely revised and rewritten versio...

Notes

01 September 1954 Comments Notes to be a female, was seen on several occasions between November 6th, 1953, and January 2nd, 1954, by Mr. B. Winchester at the Layer Breton end of Abberton Reservoir, Essex. On December .21st it was also seen by Messrs. P . J. Fenning and R. King. Close vie...

Parasitism of a Herring Gull by the duck leech

01 September 1954 Comments Main paper O N February 13th, 1954, an adult Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) was found at the edge of Blagdon lake, north Somerset, unable to fly and gaping continuously. It was kept in captivity, but died the following day after being forcibly fed with sardine. A d...

Obituary: Francis Linley Blathwavt (1875-1953), Norman Joy (1874-1953).

01 September 1954 Comments Obituaries BLATHWAYT, who died in his 78th year a t Dyrham, Gloucestershire, on June 30th, 1953, w a s a country parson of sterling qualities and a distinguished English naturalist, as close as possible to t h e Gilbert W h i t e tradition in a world vastly differe...

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Parasitism of a Herring Gull by the duck leech

Obituary: Francis Linley Blathwavt (1875-1953), Norman Joy (1874-1953).

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