Letters

01 November 1994
Comments Letters Origin of European Pink-backed Pelicans. Following the report of a Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens in Spain (Brit. Birds 86: 374-375), and one near Sagrado, northeast Italy, in September 1992, as well as other observations farther north in Euro...
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Reviews

01 November 1994
Comments Reviews Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. By Peter Clement. Illustrated by Alan Harris & John Davis. Christopher Helm Publishers, London, 1993. 500 pages; 73 colour plates; 44 line-drawings; over 280 distribution maps. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2. £29...
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Announcements

01 November 1994
Comments Editorials The 'BB' Award for the Best Annual Bird Report Entries are invited for the fourth annual award (see accounts of the first, second and third awards, Brit. Birds 85: 299-308; 86: 163-165; 87: 171-173), which is open to all those clubs and societies in Br...
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Recent reports

01 September 1971
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This summary deals with June 1971, to which all dates refer unless otherwise stated. It begins with two remarkable reports of White-billed Divers Gavia adamsii; one in breeding plumage on Uppe...
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News and comment

01 September 1971
Comments News and comment Oceanic dustbin ? The ill-starred July voyage of the Stella Maris gave wide publicity to a subject that has worried conservationists for some time, namely the dumping of industrial effluents at sea. The Stella Maris, a Dutch vessel, carried 600 tons of ch...
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