Corrections

01 December 1984
Comments Editorials VOLUME 76 Page 576 CALL OF PINTAIL SNIPE References. MADGE, S. C. 1977.Correct Brit. Birds reference is 70: 146-152. VOLUME 77 Pages IDENTIFICATION OF STINTS AND PEEPS 293 Fig. 1. Labelling should read 'u...
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Reviews

01 December 1984
Comments Reviews The Atlas of Australian Birds. By M. Blakers, S. J. J. F. Davies and P. N. Reilly. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1984. 738 pages; 648 line-drawings; over 650 maps. £45.00.  I have nothing but praise for this magnificent book produce...
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Short Reviews

01 December 1984
Comments Reviews Handbook of Birds of India and Pakistan. Volume 4: frogmouths to pittas. By Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley. (OUP, 1984. £19.50) The first edition was published in 1970: this second edition is revised up to 31st March 1982, and has three new plates....
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Recent Reports

01 December 1984
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records The dates in this report refer to September unless otherwise stated. Weather. The settled anticyclonic weather experienced during the summer just continued into September, bringing ...
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News and comment

01 December 1984
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. What they say. We are grateful to Crispin Bird names explained Fisher for telling us about this conversation he and Norman Arlott had with a twitcher in a hide at ...
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Requests

01 December 1984
Comments Editorials Do write, but please don't phone BB is run with a tiny staff. We try to keep pace with correspondence, but do sometimes fall behind. Nevertheless, if you have a query, please write. We deliberately do not list our telephone number, but some people do m...
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Announcements

01 December 1984
Comments Editorials Cover designs for sale by postal auction The following original drawings used on British Birds covers are available:Brett Westwood, John Hollyer ,Robert Gillmor. Collared Dove, Waxwings, Black Grouse 18.6X20.7 18.3 X 20.9 18.7 X 21.0  Issue: March...
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Diary Dates

01 December 1984
Comments Editorials 11th December BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. Dr Ian Newton on 'Recent studies of Sparrowhawks'. Central London. Nonmembers should write (enclosing SAE) at least two weeks before to Hon. Secretary, R. E. F. Peal, 2 Chestnut Lane, Sevenoaks, KentTNl3 3AR....
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Letters

01 December 1984
Comments Letters Tufted Duck carrying young. In connection with the recent notes by Montse Carbonell and Stephen B. Edwards (Brit. Birds 77: 318-319), I should like to draw attention to a previous published account by my husband, the late Dr Jeffery Harrison, of a fema...
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Notes

01 December 1984
Comments Notes Grey Heron parents attending grounded nestlings. In my monograph on the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea (1954, The Heron), I stated of young blown from the treetops that 'If in crashing the bird breaks a leg or wing it will not survive long, but if uninjured ...
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