Letters

01 May 1971
Comments Letters Feather wear in Guillemots In view of R. J. Kennedy's note on feather wear in Guillemots Uria aalge (Brit. Birds, 63: 34-36) and the follow-up in this issue (pages 229-230), I should like to point out that a good many of the auks involved in the disaster ...
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Notes

01 May 1971
Comments Notes Display-flight of Sparrowhawks I was interested in the note by R. A. Hume and P. L. Garvey on the possible display-flight of four Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus on 25th January 1970 (Brit Birds, 63: 132). The unusual features were the number involved and th...
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Recent reports

01 May 1971
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The last summary (Brit, Birds, 64: 135-136) covered the rarer species and most of the unseasonal summer visitors in December 1970 and January 1971. This one deals with the remaining reports in...
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News and Comment

01 May 1971
Comments News and comment Birds of Estuaries Enquiry This joint project of the British Trust for Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was outlined in 'News and comment' last year (Brit. Birds, 63: 183). The first report of the pilot survey, covering the p...
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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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