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01 October 2005 Comments Recent Reports This summary of unchecked reports covers mid August to early September 2005. ...

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01 October 2005 Comments News and comment ...

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Taiga Flycatcher in Shetland

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Taiga Flycatcher in East Yorkshire: new to Britain

01 October 2005 Comments Open Access ABSTRACT A first-summer male Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire, on 26th April 2003 represented the first record for Britain and only the third or fourth in Europe to the west of the breeding range. A secon...

Species limits in the Red-breasted Flycatcher

01 October 2005 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT Traditionally, the Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva has been treated as a polytypic species with two subspecies: the western parva and the eastern albicilla.These taxa show clear differences in morphology and v...

Taxonomy for birders: a beginner's guide to DNA and species problems

01 October 2005 Comments Main paper ABSTRACT The use of molecular data has revolutionised taxonomy. As a result, there is upheaval within national and regional bird lists, with new species splits and lumps and, alterations to the sequence in which families and species are listed.These ch...

British Birds – October 2005

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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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