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01 December 1995 Comments Reviews Bird Identification: a reference guide. By Kristian Adolfsson & Stefan Cherrug. SOF, Lund, 1995. 379 pages. ISBN 91-86572-24-5. Paperback, Europe: 220 SEK (+60 SEK if cheque); rest of World: 240 SEK (+60 SEK if cheque). The standard researcher...
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01 July 1994 Comments Reviews Identification Guide to European Non-Passerines. BTO Guide 24. By Kevin Baker. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, 1993. 332 pages; 170 line-drawings. ISBN 0-903793-18-0. £15.00. This book has been designed for bird-ringers, but it is highly...
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01 November 1971 Comments Reviews Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. By Leslie Brown and Dean Amadon. Hamlyn (for Country Life), Feltham, Middlesex, 1968. Two volumes in slip case: 945 pages including 165 bird plates (most in colour), one egg plate (in colour), 15 underwing plates, 9...
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01 June 1953 Comments Reviews Twenty-fourth Report of the Devon Bird-Watching and Preservation Society, 1951. Recorder for birds--F.R.Smith. There are short reports on special enquiries : (a) Swift Migration.--Cold weather for 4 or 5 days in May caused such a remarkable disappearance...
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01 June 1953 Comments Reviews The Pocket Guide to British Birds. By R. S. R. Fitter. Illustrated by R. A. Richardson, xvi and 240 pages, 1/2 plates (64 in colour). (Collins, 1952). ais. This is a disappointing book. It is original and ambitious, and a first impression is that there is...
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01 April 1953 Comments Reviews Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society. Twenty-first Annual Report, 1951. Edited by B. H. Ryves, A. G. Parsons and H. M. Quick. T H I S report follows its usual make-up, with systematic notes split up over 3 sections ; there are also separate ta...
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01 March 1953 Comments Reviews Check-List of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Prepared b y the List Sub-Committee of the British Ornithologists' Union. (B.O.U., 1952). Obtainable from H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd., 7s. 6d. This list is the result of work begun about 6 years ago. It ...
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