. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1964 61 Vol. 84 BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. Volume 84 Number 4 Published: 2nd April, 1964 The six hundred and fifteenth meeting of the Club was held at the Rembrandt Hotel, London, on the 17th March, 1964. Chairman: Major-General C. B. Wainwright Members present: 30; guests 10. Recordings of the calls of ten nightjars and five owls were played and commented upon by Captain C. R. S. Pitman. The excellence of the series and the efforts of Mr. Myles North and his collaborators who obtained them were much appreciated. Nine of the ni
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1964 61 Vol. 84 BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. Volume 84 Number 4 Published: 2nd April, 1964 The six hundred and fifteenth meeting of the Club was held at the Rembrandt Hotel, London, on the 17th March, 1964. Chairman: Major-General C. B. Wainwright Members present: 30; guests 10. Recordings of the calls of ten nightjars and five owls were played and commented upon by Captain C. R. S. Pitman. The excellence of the series and the efforts of Mr. Myles North and his collaborators who obtained them were much appreciated. Nine of the nightjars were species that breed in Africa and the tenth was Caprimulgus europaeus recorded in Denmark. The calls or songs were those uttered chiefly, though not exclusively, in the breeding season. For some years Mr. North has been studying the songs of nightjars in eastern, central and southern parts of Africa and it is thought that such characteristic sounds may be of importance in assessing the relationships between the various Caprimulgidae. Mr. North would be grateful for further assistance in obtaining recordings of the songs of any accurately identified African nightjars. An especially interesting feature of the African owl recordings was the duet type of calling between the sexes of Ciccaba woodfordi. It was very disappointing that Sir Landsborough Thomson was unable to attend this meeting where he was to have spoken on editing "A New Dictionary of Birds".. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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