Reviews

01 June 1986 Comments Reviews The Countryside in Winter. By Brian Jackman. Illustrated by Bruce Pearson. Hutchinson, London, 1985. 160 pages; 105 colour illustrations. £12.95. For the six winter months, Brian Jackman takes us around Britain, returning regularly to his west Do...
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Short Reviews

01 June 1986 Comments Reviews The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History. Edited by Michael Allaby. (OUP, 1985. £20.00) Despite three years at university studying botany, two studying zoology, and a further three researching in ecology, 90% of the words in this dictionary are still ...
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Recent reports

01 June 1986 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. The dates in this report refer to March unless otherwise stated. The high-pressure systems to the north of Britain and Ireland which brought the bitterly cold air in from Siberia d...
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News and Comment

01 June 1986 Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Congratulations, SOC! A reception held at the Museum and Art Gallery, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, on 2Ist March marked the Golden Jubilee of the Scottish Ornithologists'...
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Requests

01 June 1986 Comments Editorials Colour-ringed White-tailed Eagles. An international programme for colour-ringing White-tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla was initiated in 1976 and now includes Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratie Republic, P...
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Letters

01 January 1947 Comments Letters SIRS.--dingers who t r a p adult or first-winter Starlings during January t o March would serve a very useful purpose by noting whether t h e eye is entirely dark or has a narrow light ring, and t h e « x t e n t t o which t h e bill has begun t o turn...
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Reviews

01 January 1947 Comments Reviews The Hastings and East Sussex Naturalist: Notes on the Local Fauna and Flora for 1945. By N. F . Ticehurst (Recorder). T H I S interesting area again produces a number of noteworthy records. The chief ornithological event mentioned is the breeding of Black...
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Notes

01 January 1947 Comments Notes As INSTANCES of "injury-feigning" on the part of the Meadow-Pipit (Anthus pratensis) are rare the following may be worth recording. On June 15th, 1946, in Co. Kerry, I disturbed a Meadow-Pipit from its nest, which contained five eggs. The bird flew a dis...
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