Corrections

01 December 1998
Comments Editorials VOLUME 90 321 'Shirihai 1996' should read 'King & Shirihai 1996' (the reference on page 324 should also be amended, by the insertion of 'KING, J., &'. 473 Plate 159. Bird at extreme left is a Little Gull Larus minutus. 545 Plate 197. Cornwall (...
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Recent Reports

01 December 1998
Comments News and comment Compiled by Barry Nightingale and Anthony McGeehan This summary of unchecked reports covers Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Bryher (Scilly), 28th-30th October. Black Duck Anas rubripes Stithian's Reservoir (Cornwall), 29th October to 8th November...
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Recent BBRC Decisions

01 December 1998
Comments Editorials This monthly listing of the most recent decisions by the British Birds Rarities Committee is not intended to be comprehensive or in any way to replace the annual 'Report on rare birds in Great Britain'. The records listed are mostly those of the rarest...
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Monthly Marathon

01 December 1998
Comments Other The bird in the seventh stage (plate 110) was identified as a wheatear Oenanthe by everyone, and most entrants (87%) correctly named it as Red-tailed O. xanthopryma (it was photographed by Colin Richardson in the United Arab Emirates in November 1989)....
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Letters

01 December 1998
Comments Letters Many papers have been written about waterfowl hybrids and a lot of information is available, but there is still great interest in the subject because of identification difficulties and possible confusion with potential vagrants (Perrins 1961--but still...
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Announcements

01 December 1998
Comments Editorials The January issue is usually sent out very late. This is because so many people do not resubscribe until the end of December or, even, early January. Since we have to print address labels about one week before dispatch, late subscriptions delay the fir...
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Announcements

01 December 1998
Comments Editorials The rules concerning the dimensions of drawings are changing for the 1999 competition. Drawings already completed at the 'old' sizes (8.5 x 6.0 cm; 17.1 X 6.9 cm; and 16.95 X 16.8 cm or 22.6 X 22.4 cm) will be accepted for one year only, but the new ru...
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