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Wigeon X Chiloe Wigeon hybrid resembling American Wigeon

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper It has been established that some interspecific hybrids among ducks and geese (Anatidae) strongly resemble one parent or even another species altogether, thus causing problems in field-identification. An extreme case in Britain is the hybrid Pochard Ay...

Studies of less familiar birds: 147. Cory's Shearwater

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper Various changes have been made in the scientific nomenclature of Cory's Shearwater since the publication of The Handbook of British Birds (1938-41). Not only has the specific name kuhlii been replaced by diomedea, in accordance with the rale of priorit...

Little Swift in Co. Cork

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper On the evening of 12th June 1967, on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, I was sitting on top of a steep ridge overlooking Cummer, a narrow col situated between the north and south harbours. The soft evening light was directly behind me and it was perfectly c...

Obituary: William Maitland Congreve, MC(1883-1967)

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper Major W. M. Congreve died in his sleep at his home in Bradford-onAvon, Wiltshire, on 31 st December 1967, All who met 'Mait' Congreve in later life will recall with admiration his determined efforts to overcome his handicap of an advancing and cripplin...

Influx of Great Shearwaters in autumn 1965

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper From August to October 1965 unprecedented concentrations of Great Shearwaters Puffinus gravis, with smaller numbers of Cory's Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea, were recorded off the western and northern coasts of Britain and Ireland. There was also an ...

A Survey of the Rooks in the Midlands

01 June 1933 Comments Main paper THE Rook (Corvus f. frugilegus) is an essential part of the English country-side. Its large size, its characteristic cawings and its habit of appearing in flocks all the year round compel attention. Although an arboreal species, so far as nesting is conce...

Alterations to the British List

01 June 1933 Comments Main paper I N J u n e , 1932 (Vol. X X V I . , p. 16), we gave a complete list of the additions and alterations to the British List since the publication of the Practical Handbook. Since then the alterations given below have been agreed upon by the British Ornithol...

Movements of Ringed Birds from Abroad to the British Isles and from the British Isles Abroad. Addenda II

01 May 1933 Comments Main paper This is a continuation of our series of articles under this heading in Volume XXV.*, and contains all the records which have come under our notice since then, and of which we have been able to obtain details. We have again to express our great indebtednes...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 May 1933 Comments Main paper No. Place and Date Ringed. Place and Date Recovered. CORMORANT {Phalacrocorax c. carbo). 109436 Badcall Is. (Suth.), 27.6.32, Near Culross (Fife), 10.12.32, young, by E. C. Sharp. by K. Tullis. 109439 Ditto 27.6.32. Near Dalcross (Inverness.), 11.3.33, by...

Notes on Coots

01 May 1933 Comments Main paper IN 1932 many more nests of the Coot (Fulica a. ater) were built on Fetcham Pond, Leatherhead, than I had seen in the previous five years in which I have had the pond under observation. In 1930 there were six nests with 15 young; in 1931 ten nests with 12 ...

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