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01 July 1963 Comments Reviews The Oannet: a Bird with a History. By J. H . Gurney, F.L.S. pp. lii., 568. Many illustrations. Witlierby and Co. 27s. 6d. net. M E . J. H. G U E N E Y ' S monograph forms a n attractive volume of some 568 pages, copiously illustrated with maps and reprodu...

Letters

01 July 1963 Comments Letters Sms,--Referring to my letter on this subject published in BRITISH BIRDS, November, 1912 (Vol. VI., p. 199), I feel t h a t in fairness to Mr. O. V. Aplin, who originally recorded the breeding of t h e Longtailed Duck in Orkney in t h e Zoologist, I should...

Notes

01 July 1963 Comments Notes D U R I N G part of September and October, 1913, we were in R a t h l i n Island, off co. Antrim, a n d while there observed among others t h e following species which are seldom recorded from t h e north of Ireland. GREENLAND REDPOLL (Carduelis I. rostr...

The " British Birds" Marking Scheme

01 July 1963 Comments Main paper The number of readers who have helped in the ringing since my last report has increased to ninety, and the number of birds ringed is again much larger than previous records, as will be seen by the following figures :--Mr. H. W. Robinson once again heads t...

Breeding of the Roseate Tern in Ireland

01 July 1963 Comments Main paper FOR a considerable number of years the Roseate Tern (Sterna dougalli) has been excluded from the list of Irish breeding birds. The late Mr. Ussher, in his report on the birds of Clare Island (Proc. B. Irish Acad., Vol. XXXI., part 20, page 39), stated tha...

Obituary. Richard John Ussher. A Memoir

01 July 1963 Comments Obituaries A TRTTE conception of the position Mr. R. J. Ussher occupied amongst Irish Naturalists, cannot be readily conveyed. Amongst Irish ornithologists he was facile princeps, the " Recording Angel," and had at his finger-ends all the records of the distribution...

The use of mobile observers in the study of Patterns of migration

01 May 1951 Comments Main paper of the observation work on the migration of the Swift (Apus apus) dor e in the years 1947-50 has been carried out at fixed vantage points. In general, this method has resulted in the acquisition of useful statistical data, but inherent in it are several p...

The movements of Swifts in summer

01 May 1951 Comments Main paper 1950 was a good year for studying the movements of Swifts (Apus apus). Well over 20,000 were reported during the special watch held under the auspices of the British Trust for Ornithology. This covered the arrival period prior to May 15th, 1950. Another 2...

Editorial

01 May 1951 Comments Editorials As announced in British Birds for March a new editorial board, whose members are named on the title-page, becomes responsible for the conduct of the magazine beginning with this issue. It is intended to maintain broadly the existing traditions, standards...

Letters

01 May 1951 Comments Letters SIRS,--A serious error has crept into t h e obituary notice of m y old friend Bernard Tucker. To quote : " The memorable Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen " took place in 1921 n o t 1922, and Tucker was n o t one of t h e members. I n 1922 F . C...

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Reviews

Letters

Notes

The " British Birds" Marking Scheme

Breeding of the Roseate Tern in Ireland

Obituary. Richard John Ussher. A Memoir

The use of mobile observers in the study of Patterns of migration

The movements of Swifts in summer

Editorial

Letters

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