Mystery Photographs

01 July 1984
Comments Editorials What we have in plate 89 (and repeated here) is a robust lark, standing on a rock, with the breeze creating a 'black hole' in its breast and perhaps exaggerating its crest. From the relative size of its bill and its legs, it is not a small bird, and th...
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Product Reports

01 July 1984
Comments Editorials Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...
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Request

01 July 1984
Comments Editorials Transparencies request Anyone with high-quality colour transparencies of a 1983 rarity is asked to loan the originals to us for possible use (perhaps in colour) in the next rarities report. To be considered, transparencies must arrive with Dr J. T. R.&...
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Announcements

01 July 1984
Comments Editorials 'The Atlas of Australian Birds' This new 750-page book includes two-colour maps for every one of Australia's 648 species, summarising over 2½ million records, the work of over 3,000 birdwatchers. The layout recalls our own Atlas, with line-d...
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Recent Prosecutions

01 July 1984
Comments Editorials The cases reported here were taken to court by the RSPB or the police or, in Scotland, the Procurator Fiscal, as a result of enquiries initiated or undertaken by the RSPB. They are only examples of the many cases in which the RSPB has been involved rec...
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