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K 4- - I . - ... .1• r I I r < jr 1 '1 , 4 t 4 f I• \ < V. % -s ? sW<' fc‘; V' I I I ( I 1 i I A *.v \r i 4 1. * I T h' M ¥' . T'- 4 \ . ' British Birds Editorial Board R. Chandler J. Hume R. A. M. A. Ogilvie R. Prytherch J. T. R. Sharrock J. Photographic Researcher Robin Chittenden Art Considtants Robert Gillmor and Alan Harris Volume 89 1996 British Birds Ltd ISSN 0007-0335 Editorial Staff Dr T. R. Sharrock (Managing Editor), David A. Christie (Assistant Editor), J. Mrs Sheila D. Cobban (Personal Assistant to Dr Sharrock) & Mrs Alison Gathercole Circulation Staff Mrs Erika Sharrock (Circulation Manager) Rarities Committee R. A. Hume (Chairman), Dr Colin Bradshaw, Peter Clement, Pete Ellis, C. D. R. Heard (to 30th March),John McLoughlin (from 1st April), Doug Page, K. D. Shaw, Andy Stoddart, Reg Thorpe & Grahame Walbridge; Peter Colston (Museum Consultant; Archivist to 30th March); John Marchant (Archivist from 1st April); Peter Fraser & DrJohn Ryan (Statisticians); Michael Rogers (Honorary' Secretary) J. Behaviour Notes Panel Dr C. J. Bibby, Ian Dawson, DrJ. J. M. Flegg, Derek Goodwin, Dr I. Newton FRS, Dr M. A. Ogilvie, Dr T. R. Sharrock & Dr K. E. L. Simmons J. Identification Notes Panel Dr Colin Bradshaw, Dr R. Chandler, R. A. Hume, T. P. Inskipp, P. G. Lansdown, J. S. C. Madge, I. S. Robertson & K. E. Vinicombe British Birds Volume 89 (1996) Main contents JANUARY 1 Grey-cheeked and Bicknell’s Thrushes: taxonomy, identification and the British and Irish records DrAlan Knox 10 Long-toed Stint in Cornwall: the first record for the Western Palearctic Philip D. Round 25 European news FEBRUARY 51 Minutes of 3rd Conference of European Rarities Committees Tom Conzemius & 54 Field identification of Little and BaiUon’s Crakes David A. Christie, Hadoram Shirihai Alan Harris 61 Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1993 Dr Malcolm Ogilvie Gf the RBBP MARCH 103 Eastern Phoebe in Devon: new to the Western Palearctic Colin McShane MA 110 Obimary: G. K. Yeates FRPS (1910-1994) Trevor Gunton 112 Professor George Mackenzie Dunnet DSc CBE (1928-1995) Dr W. R. P. Bourne & 114 Identification of Hippolais warblers Hadoram Shirihai, DavidA. Christie Alan Harris APRIL 157 Mourning Dove in the Isle of Man: new to the Western Palearctic Aron Sapsford 163 Double-crested Cormorant in Cleveland: new to the Western Palearctic T. J. Williams 171 Owls of the Moscow Regi&on V. V Kontorshikov, O. S. Greenchenko, A. V. Ivanov, A. P. Petrisheva, A. V. Sevrugin N. G. Chelintsev 177 Palearctic waders in Western Australia Dr C. D. T Minton & Dr R. J. Chandler MAY & 203 The DartfordWarbler in the United Kingdom in 1994 DrDavid W. Gibbons Simon Wotton 214 The Best Annual Bird Report Awards DrJ. T R. Sharrock et al. 219 The United Arab Emirates Colin Richardson & 232 White-winged Lark in Norfolk DrJohn Lines John A. W. Moyes JUNE 247 European news 267 Response of Booted Eagles to human disturbance Jacques Carlon JULY 291 Population trends of breeding birds in the United Kingdom since 1800 Dr David W. & Gibbons, Dr Mark I. Avery DrAndrew F. Brown 306 Breeding success of raft-nesting divers in Scotland T. D. H. Menie 310 Bird Photograph of the Year Don Smith et al. AUGUST & 335 Bearded Tits in Britain and Ireland DrLennox Campbell, DrJohn Cayford DrDavidPearson 347 Northern Mockingbirds in Britain P. R. Cobb, Philip Rawnsley, Harold E. Grenfell, E. & Griffiths Dr Simon Gox 357 ‘Bird Illustrator of the Year’ and ‘The Richard Richardson Award’ Robert Gillmor et al. SEPTEMBER 379 Status and behaviour of the Tenerife Kinglet Dr Hans Ldhrl, Dr Ellen Thaler Of DavidA. Christie & 387 Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1994 Dr Malcolm Ogilvie the RBBP OCTOBER 429 Unequal sex-ratio, mor&tality causes and pollutant residues in Long-eared Owls in Britain I. Wyllie, Miss L. Dale Prof. I. Newton & 437 Identification of Chesmut Bunting Steve Votier Dr Colin Bradshaw NOVEMBER & BBRC 481 Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 1995 MichaelJ. Rogers the DECEMBER 539 Young Ornithologists of the Year DrJ. T. R. Sharrock et al. 544 Obituary: Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) Guy Mountfort 549 Smdies of West Palearctic birds 196 Common Starling Prof Chris Eeare & 575 The ornithological year 1995 Party Nightingale Keith Allsopp wiNNiiR, BIRO II.I.USTRA'IOR oi-' 'mi- Yi-AR 1995 (sce pages 357-360); Sanderlings Culidris ulha., Porthloo, St Man'’s, Isles of Scilly (Dan Pcnvelt)