Reviews

01 July 1963
Comments Reviews The Oannet: a Bird with a History. By J. H . Gurney, F.L.S. pp. lii., 568. Many illustrations. Witlierby and Co. 27s. 6d. net. M E . J. H. G U E N E Y ' S monograph forms a n attractive volume of some 568 pages, copiously illustrated with maps and reprodu...
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Letters

01 July 1963
Comments Letters Sms,--Referring to my letter on this subject published in BRITISH BIRDS, November, 1912 (Vol. VI., p. 199), I feel t h a t in fairness to Mr. O. V. Aplin, who originally recorded the breeding of t h e Longtailed Duck in Orkney in t h e Zoologist, I should...
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Notes

01 July 1963
Comments Notes D U R I N G part of September and October, 1913, we were in R a t h l i n Island, off co. Antrim, a n d while there observed among others t h e following species which are seldom recorded from t h e north of Ireland. GREENLAND REDPOLL (Carduelis I. rostr...
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Requests for Information

01 June 1952
Comments Editorials 224 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. (i) A number of readers have already reported unusually early arrivals of summer migrants in 1952, especially in March. As a general rule we have regarded records of this sort as being the province of local reports, but such ...
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Notes

01 June 1952
Comments Notes 13th, 1951, Campbell Ballantyne told G. E. Wooldridge of two warblers that he had been watching that morning. Although obviously warblers their identity was puzzling. He gave a fairly full description of the birds seen, the most striking feature being, "v...
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