Editorial

01 January 1978
Comments Editorials Few birdwatchers are systematists or have any real knowledge of taxonomy and the reasons behind scientific nomenclature. We all, however, make constant use of classification: even non-ornithologists can recognise a duck as a duck or a thrush as a thrus...
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List of illustrations

01 December 1960
Comments Editorials Lammergeier (Gypaitus barbatus), adult at nest, Spain (from a Kodachrome by Eric Hosking) .. .. , , facing Rose-brcastcd Grosbeak (Pbeucticus ludovicianus), male summer and winter, and female; American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica), adult and yo...
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