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01 February 1976 Comments Reviews Watching Sea Birds. By Richard Perry. Groom Helm, London, 1975. 230 pages; 16 line-drawings; 2 maps. £4.75. This is not really a new book but a reprinting of parts of two of the author's earlier books, both of which--Lundy Isle of Puffins (194... Read More

The flight behaviour of Starlings at a winter roost

01 February 1976 Comments Main paper Co-ordinated flying displays by flocks of Starlings Sturnus vulgaris are often a feature at pre-roosting areas, but the most spectacular displays occur at the main roost, when very large numbers of birds fly together, prior to final roosting. On many e... Read More

Field notes on the nesting habits of the Great Northern Diver

01 January 1950 Comments Main paper (Plates 1--9). THE following notes on the Great Northern Diver (Colymbus immer) were made chiefly at a nest on the great lake of Thingvallavatn in South-west Iceland during June, 1949. They are supplemented by field notes made during the previous June in ... Read More

Letters

01 January 1950 Comments Letters SIRS,--I have delayed answering the letter on the above subject from Mr. P. H. T. Hartley (British Birds, xli, pp. 254-255) because the data then available only served to justify his remark that " more investigation is needed." I examined the two sets of ... Read More