01 May 1960CommentsNews and comment
The items here are largely unchecked reports, and must not he regarded as authenticated records. They are selected, on the present writers'judgement alone,from sources generally found to he reliable. Observers' names are usually omitted for reasons of spa...
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01 May 1960CommentsLetters
Migrations of the Oystercatcher Sirs,--Since Mr. D . G. Andrew in his recent paper {Brit. Birds, 5 2: 216-220) on the migrations of the Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostrakgus) makes some criticism of my earlier paper on the same subject (Brit. Birds, 50: 519...
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01 May 1960CommentsReviews
The Birds of the British Isles. By David A. Barmerman. Illustrated by George E. Lodge. Vol. VIII. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1959. 400 pages; 26 colour plates. £3 3s. The eighth volume is both readable and informative and, like the others, very refre...
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01 May 1960CommentsNotes
Broken e g g s i n nests of Sparrowhawk.--I can add two records to Dr. D . A. Ratcliffe's list (Brit. Birds, 53: 128-129) of broken eggs of Sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus), one of them showing that the phenomenon goes back some time. On 7th June 1927, near...
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01 June 1907CommentsEditorials
EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBY, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.ASSISTED BY W. P. PYCRAFT, A.L.S, M.B.O.U. EDITORIAL.BEFORE setting forth our plans, our hopes, and our ambitions for BRITISH BIRDS, we must first expr...
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