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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...

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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...

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THE "BRITISH BIRDS "MARKING SCHEME" PROGRESS FOR 1931

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NOTES ON THE TREE-SPARROW

01 October 1932 Comments ...

THE BREEDING-HABITS OF THE CORN-BUNTING (AS OBSERVED IN SUSSEX), WITH SOME NOTES ON ITS SONG, CRIES AND GENERAL DEPORTMENT

01 October 1932 Comments ...

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01 March 1932 Comments Notes SOME time ago there was discussion in British Birds on the habit of the male Hedge-Sparrow pecking at the cloaca of the female during courtship display. I have not seen reference to this habit with the House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) and the followi...

The breeding-habits of the Corn-Bunting (as observed in Sussex) with some notes on its song, cries and general deportment

01 March 1932 Comments Main paper AT the end of February and early in March flocks of CornBuntings (Emberiza c. calandra), in which doubtless many immigrants figure, suddenly appear in recognized breedingareas. Pairing begins shortly afterwards, but is not intense until early in April. So...

The "British birds" marking scheme. Progress for 1931

01 March 1932 Comments Main paper Nestlings. Total. 22,513 29,554 In 1920 5,276 ,, 1921 8,997 , 1922 9,289 12,866 , 1923 Â· . , 1924 . . 18,189 , 1925 Â· Â· 18,233 , 1926 Â· 23,432 21,625 , 1927 Â· , 1928 Â· 24,479 , 1929 Â· Â· 25,243 28,610 , i93...

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Letters

Looking back

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1998

NOTES

THE "BRITISH BIRDS "MARKING SCHEME" PROGRESS FOR 1931

NOTES ON THE TREE-SPARROW

THE BREEDING-HABITS OF THE CORN-BUNTING (AS OBSERVED IN SUSSEX), WITH SOME NOTES ON ITS SONG, CRIES AND GENERAL DEPORTMENT

Notes

The breeding-habits of the Corn-Bunting (as observed in Sussex) with some notes on its song, cries and general deportment

The "British birds" marking scheme. Progress for 1931

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