Letters

01 September 2002 Comments Letters While it came as no great surprise to the observers of the `Dungeness petrel' (Brit. Birds 95: 156-165) that the record was rejected, this feeling merely reflects what we take to be a widespread view among observers: that the BBRC finds it very difficu...
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Letters

01 February 2000 Comments Letters Syroechkovski et al. (1998) have recently published the results of a study of Brent Geese Branta bernicla in northwest Yakutia, Russia. They claimed to have located a previously unknown contact zone of Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta (b.) bernicla and ...
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Letters

01 March 1958 Comments Letters I N F O R M A T I O N W A N T E D ON L A P W I N G C H I C K S S I R S , -- F r o m observations made over a number of years on the growth and development of young Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), it would appear that early hatching chicks develop more rapid...
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