Reviews

01 April 1957
Comments Reviews By LEONARD W . W I N G . (Ronald Press Company, New York, 1956). 539 pages, 222 textfigures and numerous tables. Price $6.75. THERE is g r e a t need at the present time for a general biology of birds covering the whole field, and the present book fills ...
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Notes

01 April 1957
Comments Notes of Boelus, Nebraska, informs me that he wing-tipped a young female White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) whilst shooting on the North Platte river in the autumn of 1903 or 1904--he is not sure which---and took the bird back to his farm. H e goes on to say...
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Nocturnal migration of Thrushes

01 October 1953
Comments Main paper OBSERVATIONS on both day and night migrants, made near Dublin in the autumn of 1952, have already been briefly reported elsewhere (Browne, 1953). Two conclusions on the nocturnal migration of thrushes seem worthy of more detailed consideration. These are ...
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American Robin on Lundy

01 October 1953
Comments Main paper PETER DAVIS (Lundy Bird Observatory). (Plate 59) AN American Robin (Turdus migratorhis) was present on Lundy from October 27th to November 8th, 1952. It was probably first seen on October 25th, by one of the islanders.On the morning- of October 27th I fou...
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Letter

01 October 1953
Comments Letters SIRS,--I should like to make some comments on Drs. Gibb and Campbell's and Mr. Butterfield's answers (antea, lp. 119) to my letter about nest record card data. I did not imagine, of course, that the organisers of the scheme would be unaware of the difficu...
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