Letter

01 February 2003 Comments Letters It seems to be conventional wisdom that the Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris `has a remarkable capacity for vagrancy' (Steele & Vangeluwe 2002), which is supported by the very wide spread of records in Europe listed in Adam Gretton's mon...
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Letters

01 September 2002 Comments Letters While it came as no great surprise to the observers of the `Dungeness petrel' (Brit. Birds 95: 156-165) that the record was rejected, this feeling merely reflects what we take to be a widespread view among observers: that the BBRC finds it very difficu...
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Letters

01 November 1976 Comments Letters The Coto Doñana In 'News and comment' in April 1966 (Brit. Birds, 59: 163-164), it was announced that H. E. Axell, then warden of Minsmere, Suffolk, had been seconded for two months by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to the reser...
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Letters

01 November 1955 Comments Letters T H E " D U N G E N E S S " RINGING-PLIERS SIRS,--Although the Bird-Ringing Committee welcomes the " D u n g e n e s s " ringing-pliers as a valuable aid to better ringing, there are two dangers concerning their use which were not mentioned by Mr. H . E ....
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Letters

01 November 1931 Comments Letters SIRS,---It so happened that, after reading the letter on this subject (antea.-p, 140), I had to consult The Gentleman's Magazine (Vol. XIX.), 1749. I t was curious therefore to come across the following (p. 204) : " The Egg of a Swan with another in it. G...
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