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ISSN 0036-9144 SCOTTISH BIRDS / / THE JOURNAL OF THE SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB Vol. 13 No. 2 Summer 1984 Ornithology from Oxford The Oxford Book of British Bird Names w. B. Lockwood A dictionary of some 1,500 names relating to 257 species, and covering all our commoner birds as well as a sample of the less usual visitors to Britain. This is the first book of its kind to provide informed accounts of the origin and history of bird names in English . £7.95 The Starling Christopher Feare This book traces the development of the starling from an arboreal , largely fruit-eating ancestor, to the ground-dwelling bird we see today. The theme that runs through the book is the species' extraordinary biological success; habitat choice, annual cycles, behaviour, breeding , feeding , flocking and roosting are all discussed. 16 pages of plates, 68 line drawings, £15. A Field Guide to the Warblers of Britain and Europe Alick Moore Illustrated by Bryon Wright Provides full details of such features as plumage, song , habitat preference and distribution. Each bird is illustrated in colour and in line drawings. 32 colour plates, 53 line drawings, maps, £9.50. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa The Birds of the Western Palearctic Volume Ill: Waders to Gulls Edited by Stanley Cramp, K.E.l. Simmons and others 'With the publication of the third volume of the Handbook . the whole work now seems set fair to become one of the best bird books yet produced ... a bird book par excellence which every keen amateur will need to use (and for whom a set of first editions will represent a sound investment).' Times Literary Supplement 56 colour plates, over 500 line drawings, maps, £49 .50. Oxford University Press CHARLES _ FRANK Habicht BINOCULARS Precision made In the Aus· ChTELESCOPE~arles Frank Made to our own specllica· trlan Tyrol. 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S EE 8000 Barnacle Geese and B & B, packed lunch and 10000 Pinkfeet; watch Hen evening meal; all home cook Harriers flying in to roost; Golden ing. Parties catered for. Eagles (if we're lucky); waders and wildfowl in their thousands, Open all year round. Five day birdwatching holidays with expert and friendly guid Write for details or phone ance, in the lUXUry of this former stately home set in 100 acres of forest, parkland and loch. Mrs C. MacAskill £140 inclusive Drimisdale House 16 - 21 NOVEMBER Lochboisdale. SOUTH UIST 7 - 12 DECEMBER at 08705 231 SCOTTISH BIRDS mE JOURNAL OF mE SC01TISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB 21 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5BT (tel. 031-556 6042) CONTENTS OF VOLUME 13, NUMBER 2, SUMMER 1984 Page Editorial 33 The Isle of May Bird Observatory & Field Station 1934 to 1984 : some personal reflections (J. H. B. Munro) 34 Long-term seabird monitoring on the Isle of Canna (R. L. Swann & A. D. K. Ramsay) 40 Notes on the Collared Dove in South-east Sutherland (D. Macdonald) 48 Short Notes Transportation of Mourning Dove nest to Montrose (N. K. Atkinson) 51 Scottish Storm Petrels in Iceland (J. A. Fowler & R. Swinfen) 52 Dartford Warbler in Berwickshire (R. D. Murray) 52 Two female Hen Harriers at the same nest ( E. R. Meek) 53 Kingfisher attacked by Magpie (M. Mowat) 54 Letter - Crested Tits in Deeside 55 Fieldwork Reports 56 Reviews & Current Literature 60 Notices 62 The Scottish Ornithologists' Club 63 Stop Press - Bookshop Manager Vacancy 63 Recent Reports 64 Isle of May cartoons by Ian Lyster Editor V. M. Thorn Business Editor M. R. Williams PEREGRINE Holidays 1984 - 85 Special Interest Tours ATOL .::l't., B\ I t ,,/. Directors ~ , 1;[ <, RAYMOND HODGKINS MA(OXON) M~!~ PATRICIA HODGKINS MTAI -;.,/V.... ,~ NEVILLE WYKES FA AI I, A.,\\ Fullll Bonded WITH GUEST LECTURERS AND A TOUR MANAGER : BY AIR a nd Inclusive • Provisiona I NORTHERN GREECE 8-23 June Mountains, Flowers, Butterflies £650 Itinerary visits Delfi/Mt. Parnassus/Nafpaktos/lonnina/L. Pambotis/ Olympos/Tsangarada/Milo Potlmis/ Athens. Led by Dr Jeremy Hollo way (Butterflies), Or Su Eden (Flowers), and with luck also our old friend Petros Broussalis. SEYCHELLES Julyl8-2 August All Natural History £1835 This is the third time we have been lucky enough to have Dr David Bellamy leading our tours with his old friend and fellow scientist "Mont" Hirons.