Recent reports

01 February 1965
Comments News and comment (These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is concerned with the two months from late November to late January. It thus follows on after those in the December and January issues {Brit. Birds, 57: 523-524; 58: 31-32) and ...
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News and Comment

01 February 1965
Comments News and comment Ten years of ' T h e Ring'--The King, a journal devoted to the broad international aspects of bird-ringing, recently had its tenth anniversary. The first edition of this quarterly, -which is edited by Dr. W, Rydzcwski and published by the Polish Zoologica...
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Request for information

01 February 1965
Comments Editorials Past breeding success of Golden Eagles in Scotland.--In view of the disquieting report by Dr. J. D. Lockic and Dr. D. A. Ratcliffe of a marked decline in the nesting success of Golden Eagles Aquih chrysaefos in a part of western Scotland (Brii. Birds, 57:...
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Notes

01 February 1965
Comments Notes Unusual numbers of Sooty Shearwaters in the eastern English Channel.--A substantial passage of Sooty Shearwaters Procellaria griseusflyingwestwards down the English Channel was observed at Cap Gris Nez, Pas de Calais, France, at the time of a westerly gal...
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Review

01 November 1950
Comments Letters Bird Life. By Edward A. Armstrong. (Lindsay Drummond, 1949.) 12/6. Field Study Books : The Lapwing. By E. A. R. Ennion. (Methuen, 1949.) 6/-. These two books, though differing in approach and in scope, have the same audience and end in view. They have bot...
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Notes

01 November 1950
Comments Notes ON January 4th, 1950, we were standing in the road beside Bolney Grange Ltd., Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, watching about 30-40 WoodPigeons (Columba palumbus) feeding under a tree, when we heard the harsh calls of Carrion Crows (Corvus corone). We looked up, ...
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