Letters

01 February 1962 Comments Letters What is a British bird ? Sirs,--The recent note and subsequent correspondence on the occurrence of a White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albkollis) in Hampshire {Brit. Birds, 54: 366-367 and 439-440) prompts once more the question: what is a British bird?...
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Notes

01 February 1962 Comments Notes British-ringed Manx Shearwater recovered in Australia,--The Bird Ringing Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology has received a letter dated 22nd November 1961, which reports that the feathers and bones of a sea-bird "black or dark on top with whit...
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Letters

01 August 1952 Comments Letters SIRS,--The Ibis for April 1953 will include a group of papers on Visible Migration (particularly in passerine birds) as observed in various countries. The newly-formed Sub-committee on Visible Migration of the British Trust for Ornithology (see below) fee...
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