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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Letters

01 May 1959
Comments Letters T H E I N F L U X O F P H A L A R O P E S IN A U T U M N 1957 S I R S , -- I wish to correct two errors which unfortunately appeared in the paper on the above subject by myself and Bernard King (antea, p p . 33-42). In the introduction on page 33 the reco...
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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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