Monthly marathon

01 April 2000
Comments Other February's mystery bird (plate 71, repeated here as plate 116) is clearly a medium-sized leaf-warbler Phylloscopus. There are no obvious wing-bars or tertial tips, and apparently no central crown stripe, so we can immediately rule out a number of speci...
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Some Habits of the Stone-Curlew

01 October 1933
Comments Main paper (Plates 4 & 5.) FOR several seasons I have watched Stone-Curlews {Burhinus as. cedicnemus) in Suffolk. Perhaps one of the most outstanding points of interest is their habit of returning to exactly the same haunts each year to nest. Had my hide for observa...
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