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Announcement by the Rarities Committee

01 April 1975 Comments Editorials The formal transfer of secretarial duties in the committee will take place on ist May 1975. On and after that date, all rare bird records should be sent to J. N. Dymond, R.S.P.B., The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL. It would be appreciated if this... Read More

Reviews

01 April 1975 Comments Reviews Ocean Wanderers. The migratory sea birds of the world. By Ronald M. Lockley. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1974. 168 pages; 9 colour and 39 black-and-white photographs; 22 maps. £4.50. This picture is painted on a broad canvas. The author... Read More

Studies of breeding Sandwich Terns

01 April 1975 Comments Main paper It is opportune that a series of Jan van de Kam's wonderful photographs of Sandwich Terns Sterna sandvicensis at a Dutch breeding colony (plates 16-23) should appear at a time when the European population is threatened at both ends of its range. The ef... Read More

Recent reports

01 November 1971 Comments News and comment These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This covers August 1971, to which all dates refer unless otherwise stated. Dull, changeable, showery weather during the first week led into an unusually wet and windy period from 9th to 14th w... Read More