News and comment

01 November 1965
Comments News and comment More news of contamination by toxic chemicals.--The Fifth Report of the Joint Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on Toxic Chemicals, published in September, shows that in the chemical analysis ...
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Requests for information

01 November 1965
Comments Editorials Irruption of Waxwings.--Waxwings Bombycilk garrulus began to appear on the east coast of Britain about 14th October 1965, and on the 17th there were 30 on Fair Isle (Shetland). On the 19th 300 were seen at Holkham (Norfolk) and between then and the end of...
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Letters

01 November 1965
Comments Letters The problems of separating Reed and Marsh Warblers Sirs,--Having read with considerable interest the recent letters on the problems of separating Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus and Marsh Warblers A. palustris (Brit. Birds, 58: 181-188), I hope that...
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Reviews

01 November 1965
Comments Reviews The Broads. ByE. A. Ellis. Collins, London, 1965. 401 pages; 47 monochrome photographs and 68 maps and diagrams. 36s. This long-awaited guide to the natural history of the Norfolk broads is most impressive. Edward Ellis's writing is always colourful and h...
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Palearctic birds

01 November 1965
Comments Main paper The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna: a Systematic Reference (Non-Passeriformes). By Charles Vaurie. Witherby, London» 1965. x x i i + 7 6 4 pages. £ 7 7s. A L T H O U G H T H E P A L E A R C T I C unites such seemingly diverse areas as Britain, the M...
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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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