Notes

01 June 1986 Comments Notes Great Crested Grebe grasped the neck of the Little Grebe in its bill and appeared to be trying to submerge it under the water. After several seconds, during which it gave frequent yelping calls, the Little Grebe managed to free itself, but it appeared ...
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Letters

01 June 1986 Comments Letters British rarities in a foreign perspective. In a letter (Brit. Birds 78:51 -52), Norman Elkins hypothesised on the possible route of a single Yellowbrowed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys which arrived on Fair Isle, Shetland, in October 1980. Contrary ...
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Short Reviews

01 June 1986 Comments Reviews The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History. Edited by Michael Allaby. (OUP, 1985. £20.00) Despite three years at university studying botany, two studying zoology, and a further three researching in ecology, 90% of the words in this dictionary are still ...
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