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Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2002

01 November 2003 Comments Main paper This is the forty-fifth annual report of the British Birds Rarities Committee and it provides details of the records which have been assessed by BBRC for the year 2002, along with additional, outstanding records from previous years. To enhance the over... Read More

Letters

01 September 1954 Comments Letters SIRS,--I read with great interest the paper by Desmond Morris (antea, pp. 33-49) and the subsequent letter by A. J. Bruce (antea, p. 215) in which this subject is discussed. Bruce's theory, that a thrush (Turdus sp.) cannot afford to use its feet owing to... Read More

Reviews

01 September 1954 Comments Reviews Birds as Animals, i. A History of Birds. By James Fisher (Hutchinson's University Library, London, 1954). 8s. 6d. THIS book is based on the author's previously published Birds as- Animals (Heinemann, 1939), but is a completely revised and rewritten versio... Read More

Parasitism of a Herring Gull by the duck leech

01 September 1954 Comments Main paper O N February 13th, 1954, an adult Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) was found at the edge of Blagdon lake, north Somerset, unable to fly and gaping continuously. It was kept in captivity, but died the following day after being forcibly fed with sardine. A d... Read More