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Identification of Hume's Warbler

01 December 1997 Comments Main paper The field features of Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei are compared with those of Yellow-browed Warbler P. inomatus: the drabber plumage, blacker lower mandible, inconspicuous median-covert bar and, most importantly, calls and song are the crucial fea...

Mystery Photographs

01 December 1997 Comments Main paper American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus is less-common and less-migratory than Eurasian Oystercatcher H. ostralegus. Though its breeding range includes the eastern seaboard of the USA, from Florida north to New England, the species has yet to be re...

Exotic birds in Portugal

01 December 1997 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The establishment of free-living populations of bird species outside their natural range as a result of human activities is a serious problem in several parts of the World (Temple 1992). In Portugal, the number of exotic bird species recorded ...

The ornithological year 1996

01 December 1997 Comments Main paper ...

Young Ornithologists Of the Year

01 December 1997 Comments Main paper Our aims in this competition are to foster, recognise and reward the proper recording of observations for use in county and regional bird reports and national projects such as those organised by the BTO. We hope to encourage today's generation of young...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1970

01 August 1971 Comments Main paper ...

Announcement by the Rarities Committee

01 August 1971 Comments BBRC News ...

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