Notes

01 September 1962
Comments Notes Shelduck moulting in breeding area.--On 9th July 1961, in an area of extensive fresh grazing marshes in north Kent, I noticed an adult male Shelduck (Tadorna tadornd) swimming along the edge of a large fleet. The knob on its bill had regressed, but it was...
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Reviews

01 December 1954
Comments Reviews The Birds of the British Isles. By D. A. Bannerman and G. E. Lodge. (Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1954). Vol. 3. 45s. THIS third volume completes the Passerines, covering the warblers, thrushes, chats, nightingales, Robin etc., wrens and swallows in the same...
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Notes

01 December 1954
Comments Notes Co. Wexford.--Following a period of easterly winds in May, 1953, several notable rarities occurred at Great Saltee, Co. Wexford. Among these were two additions to the Irish List--a Nightingale (Luscinia megarhyncha) and a Tawny Pipit (Anthns campestris), ...
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