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Letters

01 June 1973 Comments Letters Wallcreeper on migration in the Netherlands Dr H. Lohrl's statement (Brit. Birds, 63 : 167) that the Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria is non-migratory has been challenged by David Elias, H. G. Alexander, Guy Mountfort and K. D. Smith (Brit. Birds... Read More

Studies of Sparrowhawks

01 June 1973 Comments Main paper Roy Blewitt's photographs are the first of the Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus to be published in British Birds since the long series which accompanied J. H. Owen's remarkable studies during 1916-36. They show well the uniform upperparts (plates 41a, 42b, ... Read More

Notes

01 May 1965 Comments Notes Madeiran Little Shearwaters off Co. Donegal.--At 14.35 hours G M T on 22nd October 1964, from Malin Head, Co. Donegal, O.J.M. identified a Madeiran Little Shearwater Procellaria baroli baroli flying in a westerly direction. Ten minutes later it was follow... Read More

More example of the best recent work by British bird photographers

01 May 1965 Comments Main paper (Plates 25-32) T H I S IS T H E SIXTH annual selection of the best contemporary work by British bird-photographers. The large number of excellent prints submitted has made the final choice particularly difficult. As before, however, other things being equ... Read More