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 June 1978 Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records This report covers March and the first half of April; except where otherwise stated, all dates refer to March. Despite a rather bright start to the month, March was a dreary period for bird...
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News and Comment

01 June 1978 Comments News and comment Westray mink farm enquiry Following a growing chorus of protests from local and national individuals and conservation organisations, the Secretary of State for Scotland held a public local enquiry under the Town and Country Planning Act at Kirk...
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Announcement

01 June 1978 Comments Editorials 'British Birds' Binoculars and Telescopes Survey The choice of a pair of binoculars has to be made at least once--and probably two or three times--in the life of any birdwatcher. Currently, the range of models on the market is as wide as it has...
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Diary Date

01 June 1978 Comments Editorials This list covers events taking place during July 1978 to June 1979. We welcome the submission of details of events for possible inclusion in the next list, covering January to December 1979.  21st June-8th July SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS ...
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Letters

01 June 1978 Comments Letters Divers and ornithologists C. J. Booth's note regarding disturbance of Red-throated Divers Gavia stellata {Brit. Birds 71: 44) prompts me to suggest that, as ornithologists, we should accept that divers are shy and need to be left in peace. In p...
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Reviews

01 June 1978 Comments Reviews Bird Sounds and their Meaning, By Rosemary Jellis. Foreword by Frank Fraser Darling and drawings by Derek Goodwin. 256 pages; 90 sound spectrograms and numerous marginal drawings of birds. Also, double-sided long-playing record which gives sounds illus...
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