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Mystery photographs

01 November 1995 Comments Main paper This month's mystery bird (plate 197 on page 559, repeated overleaf as plate 199) is a small, relatively dull passerine with no obvious markings. The combination of unstreaked warm-brown upperparts, steep forehead and relatively fine bill suggests that...

Mystery photographs

01 November 1995 Comments Main paper Plate 197. Mystery photograph 195. Identify the species. Answer on pages 561-564. ...

Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1994

01 November 1995 Comments Main paper As this thirty-seventh annual report of the Rarities Committee illustrates, the changing fortunes of rare birds visiting Great Britain continue to be sufficient to stimulate discussion and speculation, and sometimes, indeed, disagreement. Their appeal ...