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01 July 2004 Comments Latest issues The distribution of Macqueen’s BustardAre there really two species of houbara?English names for Western Palearctic birdsThe dangers in photographs, arranged artwork and their captions ...

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01 February 2004 Comments News and comment The conflict between raptor conservation and the maintenance of high densities of grouse for shooting interests has often led to the suggestion that illegal use of poisoned baits to control predators is more likely to occur on grouse moors than in othe...

From the Rarities Committee's files: The Macqueen's Bustard in Suffolk in 1962

01 February 2004 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The record of a `Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata' in Suffolk, in November/December 1962 (the only record in Britain in modern times), is discussed, and the reasons for its subsequent identification as a Macqueen's Bustard C. ...

The taxonomic status of Macqueen's Bustard

01 February 2004 Comments Main paper Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii, Mangyshlak, western Kazakhstan, May 1996. An incubating female in Artemisia (wormwood) steppe, fairly typical breeding habitat of this species in Kazakhstan. Simon AspinallABSTRACT For much of the twentieth ce...

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From the Rarities Committee's files: The Macqueen's Bustard in Suffolk in 1962

The taxonomic status of Macqueen's Bustard

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