Announcements

01 February 1991
Comments Editorials Books in British BirdShop New this month. Birkhead: The Magpies. Duff, Hatton, et al: Not BB V. Howard & Moore: Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 2nd edn. Voisin: Herons of Europe. Please use the British BirdShop form on pages ...
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Mystery photographs

01 February 1991
Comments Main paper Judging the size of an isolated bird is difficult, but comparison with the grass leads to the conclusion that last month's mystery bird (plate 6 in colour, repeated here in black-and-white) is 'sparrow-sized', though noticeably slim, small-headed and l...
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Monthly marathon

01 February 1991
Comments Other The black-tailed passerine on the wires (plate 288 in the November 1990 issue) inspired a wide range of answers: Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti (54%) Blackstart Cercomela melanura (14%) Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca (12%), with fewer votes for Ye...
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Product reports

01 February 1991
Comments Main paper Items included in this feature have been submitted by the manufacturers or their agents. The reviews are the personal opinions of the reviewers; they are not the result of technical tests, but are assessments made after use in appropriate conditions (e...
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Letters

01 February 1991
Comments Letters The introduction of the Chukar In 'Points of view' (Brit. Birds 79: 656-657), Derek Goodwin drew attention to the dilution of the British population of the Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa by hybrids between this and other species of Alectoris. In h...
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Notes

01 February 1991
Comments Notes Night Herons and Little Egrets preying on fish while flying. In the late afternoon of 13th June 1987, during a visit to the northern shore of Manyas Gölu, northwest Turkey, Per-Anders Bertilsson, Rolf Simonsson and I observed large numbers of herons c...
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Seventy-five years ago

01 February 1991
Comments Other "THERE is a polyglot Starling in this garden. Sometimes he rehearses a recitation from memory. At other times he improvises according to his fancy, and now and then he hits an unexpected nail on the head with remarkable success. Thus the other morning ...
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Short reviews

01 February 1991
Comments Reviews Livre Rouge des Oiseaux Nicheurs d'Alsace. (Centre d'Etudes Ornithologiques d'Alsace, Bitche, 1989. F 120.00). Few regions of France have been as little explored by British birdwatchers as Alsace, but this northeastern comer of the country has ...
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