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Photographic studies of some less Familiar birds: LXVI. Hoopoe

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper T H E Hoopoe (Upupa epops) has already appeared in our series (vol. xlii, plates 15-17), but Mr. Doncaster's magnificent photographs are so different, and show so well the remarkable flight pattern of this bird, that we feel more than justified in publish... Read More

Special review

01 August 1955 Comments Reviews (Part II) T H E Lariformes a r e considered a separate order by the Russians and are dealt with by G. P . Dementiev. On the one hand, he writes, they approach the waders and on the other the auks. But " t h e common morphological characteristics are not n... Read More

Black Duck in Co. Kilkenny: A Bird New To Ireland And Britain

01 August 1955 Comments Main paper O N 12th February 1954 a duck, which had been forwarded by Mr. Frank Hudson, Carriganore, Waterford, was received at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. Mr. P . E. Dunn and I identified it as a Black Duck [Anas rubripes), a native of eastern North Ame... Read More

Report of the Cambridge Bird Club, 1946

01 December 1947 Comments Editorials --The nomenclature followed in this volume is in accordance with t h e " Systematic List " printed at the end of Volume V of The Handbook of British Birds and reprinted in t h e revised edition of A Chech-List of British Birds. Abberton Reservoir, Essex, ... Read More