Reviews

01 June 1971
Comments Reviews Les Oiseaux du Proche et du Moyen Orient. By F. Hue and R.-D. Etchecopar. N. Boubee et Cie, Paris, 1970. 952 pages; 32 colour and 2 black-and-white plates and 356 line-drawings by Paul Barruel; 429 distribution maps; 2 end-maps. Fr 220.00. The two disting...
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Notes

01 June 1971
Comments Notes Black Terns feeding over dry land Recent notes (Brit. Birds, 62: 282; 63: 34; 64: 32-33) have suggested that Black Terns Chlidonias niger feed over non-aquatic habitats more commonly than the published records indicate. This is certainly borne out by obse...
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Some notes on the Long-eared Owl

01 June 1941
Comments Main paper (Plate i.) does not appear to be a great deal of literature concerning the nocturnal habits of the Long-eared Owl (Asio o. otus), and, to a large extent, this can be understood as observations during the hours of darkness are difficult, and sometimes impo...
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Notes

01 June 1941
Comments Notes IT appears from the Handbook of British Birds that no display other than the song-flight has been recorded for the Greenfinch (Chloris ch. Moris). On May 2nd, 1941, my attention was drawn to a shrubbery in Staffordshire frequented by Greenfinches by a no...
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