Letters

01 November 1994 Comments Letters Origin of European Pink-backed Pelicans. Following the report of a Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens in Spain (Brit. Birds 86: 374-375), and one near Sagrado, northeast Italy, in September 1992, as well as other observations farther north in Euro...
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Reviews

01 November 1994 Comments Reviews Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. By Peter Clement. Illustrated by Alan Harris & John Davis. Christopher Helm Publishers, London, 1993. 500 pages; 73 colour plates; 44 line-drawings; over 280 distribution maps. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2. £29...
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Announcements

01 November 1994 Comments Editorials The 'BB' Award for the Best Annual Bird Report Entries are invited for the fourth annual award (see accounts of the first, second and third awards, Brit. Birds 85: 299-308; 86: 163-165; 87: 171-173), which is open to all those clubs and societies in Br...
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Letters

01 May 1979 Comments Letters A symbol for individuals not adult males The present biological symbols ♂ and ♀ indicate the two sexes, male and female. The suggested introduction of a third symbol {Brit. Birds 71: 544-545) seems strangely illogical. If the...
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Reviews

01 May 1979 Comments Reviews The Herons of the World. By Jame s Hancock and Hugh Elliott. London Editions, London, 1978. 304 pages; 61 colour paintings by Robert Gillmor and Peter Hayman, and line-drawings by Robert Gillmor. £46-00 At first sight, this is an elegant illus...
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Notes

01 May 1979 Comments Notes White Storks migrating at night by utilising oil flares During the evening of 24th February 1978, I witnessed a large movement of White Storks Ciconia ciconia over the Gassi Touil oasis in Algeria (30°N 7°E), the birds apparently using the th...
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Mystery photographs: Gadwall

01 May 1979 Comments Main paper A female (or eclipse male) dabbling duck seen by itself can pose considerable problems in identification. Unless it flaps its wings, the revealing speculum colour often remains completely obscured. The presence of other species for comparison grea...
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Bird Photograph of the Year

01 May 1979 Comments Main paper The 91 colour transparencies submitted by 36 photographers for the 1978 competition were of such a very high standard that the three judges-- Eric Hosking, Michael W. Richards and Dr J. T. R. Sharrock--had great difficulty in selecting and then re...
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Fifty Years ago

01 May 1979 Comments Other 'BLACK REDSTARTS IN PEMBROKESHIRE. On November 21st, 1928, a male Black Redstart (Phoenicurus o. gibraltariensis) was seen near the cliffs at Martinshaven, the extreme southwest corner of Pembrokeshire. R. M. LOCKLEY.' 'PINK-FOOTED GEESE IN MID...
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