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Crossbills in Sweden in 1953

01 January 1975 Comments Main paper ...

Obituary: Stuart Smith, D.Sc, Ph.D. (1906-1963)

01 October 1955 Comments Obituaries T H E U N T I M E L Y D E A T H of Dr. Stuart Smith on j t h August, 1963 as a result of unexpected complications following an operation which it had been anticipated would be a comparatively minor one, has deprived British ornithology of one of its most ...

Recent reports

01 October 1955 Comments News and comment [These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] This summary is mainly concerned with the period from 21st July to 10th September. Highlights included a heavy passage of northern waders, a striking movement of Black Terns, the now annual ...

News and comment

01 October 1955 Comments News and comment Annual Conference.--The Annual Conference of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club will be held at the Hotel Dunblane (formerly Dunblane Hydro Hotel), Perthshire, from 25 th to 27th October. Guest speakers will be Dr. Kai CurryLindahl, from Stockholm, on 'Bi...

Request for information

01 October 1955 Comments Editorials Status and distribution of the Chough.--There ate indications that the Chough {Pyrrbocorax pyrrhocorax) has been increasing during the last decade in Wales and the Isle of Man, but in the absence of any systematic survey there is no definite evidence. The...

Birds of the North Atlantic and Newfoundland Banks in July and August, 1950

01 June 1951 Comments Main paper ...

Distraction-Display In The Kentish Plover

01 June 1951 Comments Main paper T H E general form of the reaction patterns of breeding' Kentish Plovers (Leucopolius alexandrinus) to potential predators has been outlined by Selous (1927), but no detailed description has yet appeared in the literature. The behaviour of Kentish Plovers...

Letters

01 June 1951 Comments Letters SIRS,--The Council of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club have pleasure in intimating that a "Rare Birds' Protection" Committee has been formed to work in close conjunction with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the following have kindly co...

Books Received

01 June 1951 Comments Main paper West Midland Bird Distribution Survey.--Compiled and produced by C. A. Norris. (Published for Private Circulation). A Book of Ducks.--By Phyllis Barclay-Smith. (Penguin Books, 3/6). Animal Evolution.--By G. S. Carter. (Sidgwick & Jackson, 30/-). Zoogeogra...

Reviews

01 June 1951 Comments Reviews THE advent of this society adds one more to the long list of naturalists banded together to study the fauna and flora of their own locality. It is a very welcome addition, for the extreme eastern corner of Kent has long lacked an association of naturalist...

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