Notes

01 December 1989 Comments Notes Distinguishing characters of American/East Asian race of Common Scoter. The Common Scoter Melanitta nigra has an Holarctic distribution, and has been divided into two races on the basis of differences in bill pattern and bill shape. The nominat...
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Notes

01 May 1932 Comments Notes IN the Practical Handbook of British Birds, Vol. I., p. 501, it is stated that " t h e British Dipper (Cinclus c, gularis) is very scarce in . . . Durham". This statement is certainly misleading, as the Dipper is plentifully distributed on the banks of a...
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