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Birds with abnormal bills.--With reference to previous notes on this subject (antea, vol. xliv, pp. 60, 349-50; vol. xlv, p. 402), we have received several more records of bill deformities and the following are worth quoting :OYSTERCATCHER (Hcetnatopus ostralegus).--Mr. W. T. C. Rankin records that on August 27th, 1949, at Red Rocks, Hoylake, Cheshire, one was seen by Messrs. C. B. Williams and C....

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