Letters

01 June 1968
Comments Letters The Bass Rock albatross Sirs,--Having worked upon four species of albatross for a number of years {Polar Record, 10: 145-146; 11: 282-283; I 2 : 601-602), I was interested to read George Waterston's account {Brit. Birds, 61: 22-27) of the Black-browed Alb...
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Letters

01 March 1968
Comments Letters The*wing-tip patterns of gulls Sirs,--Some years ago I saw a young Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalusflyby in Pagham Harbour, Sussex. The view was brief, but I had been watching the species in Italy not long before, and recognised the wing-pattern: t...
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Letters

01 February 1968
Comments Letters Width of tail-band of immature Mediterranean Gulls Sirs,--As the plumage of immature Mediterranean Gulls Larus melanocephalus was described in some detail by P. J. Grant and R. E. Scott (Brit. Birds, 60: 365-368), it seems a pity that they did not mention...
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