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The polaris subspecies of Little Auk Alle alle on the British List
This paper describes the analysis of a number of Little Auk Alle alle specimens collected in Scotland that show biometrics of the subspecies A.a. polaris which breeds in the eastern part of the species' Arctic range. Wing length measurements confirmed that two specimens are A.a. polaris. This conclusion has been...McInerney, C J ; McGowan, R Y
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Book chapter
Eskimo Curlew
McGowan, R Y ; Shaw, K D
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Book chapter
Pioneers in Scottish Ornithology
McGowan, R Y
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Book chapter
Great Spotted Woodpecker
McGowan, R Y
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Book chapter
Cream-coloured Courser
McGowan, R Y ; Morton, K
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Book chapter
Great Northern Diver
McGowan, R Y
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Journal article
The Dorset Yellow Bittern
Melling, T ; McGowan, R Y
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Book chapter
The Hafizi Nightingale
McGowan, R Y
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"An outstanding man among Scottish ornithologists": Surgeon Rear-Admiral John Hutton Stenhouse (1865-1931)
A biographical sketch of John Hutton Stenhouse (1865-1931) is provided. This focuses on his contributions to ornithology in Scotland and to Scottish ornithology, most notably through his long association with the Royal Scottish Museum. His involvements with bird migration studies on Fair Isle and his influence on the subsequent development...McGowan, R Y
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Poster (unpublished)
Bringing Scotland’s wilderness ‘within the reach of the people’: William Eagle Clarke (1853-1938) and representations of place
William Eagle Clarke was on the staff of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, (now incorporated into National Museums Scotland) from 1888 to 1921. This poster presents two related aspects of his construct of representations of Scotland’s landscape.McGowan, R Y ; Swinney, Geoffrey N
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White-billed Diver: new first Scottish record
McGowan, R Y
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Journal article
A genetic analysis of the first record of British Siberian Stonechat
A first-winter female Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus shot on the Isle of May in October 1913 was the first British record of this species, and one of the few British records that has been assigned to the nominate subspecies. DNA from the mounted specimen was analysed; it matched known specimens...Collinson, J M ; McGowan, R Y
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Journal article
Hebridean Song Thrush: a centenary review of mainland occurrences.
Published occurrences of Hebridean Song Thrush from lcoations outside the Outer Hebrides were reviewed. Ornithologists such as E.R. Paton, N.F. Ticehurst, H. Whistler and R. Minertzhagen (and possibly A. Hazelwood and E. Gorton) appear to have confused darker clarkei-type individuals for genuine Hebridean birds; in consequence, reliable evidence for Hebridean...McGowan, R Y
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British records of ‘Eastern Yellow Wagtail’
An eastern subspecies of Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava simillima, was added to the British List on the basis of two specimens collected on Fair Isle in 1909 and 1912. No further records have been accepted, in spite of the regular occurrence of ‘grey-and-white’ first-winter Yellow Wagtails in Britain in autumn,...Collinson, J M ; Smith, A ; Waite, S ; McGowan, R Y
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A genetic screen of the island races of Wren Troglodytes troglodytes in the North-east Atlantic
Capsule Atlantic Island Wrens are very closely related to mainland European populations. Aims The first genetic screen of the North-east Atlantic island subspecies of (Winter) Wren Troglodytes troglodytes was performed to resolve their relationship to mainland Eurasian and Nearctic populations. Methods The ND2 gene was sequenced from 15 wrens from...Shannon, Thomas J ; McGowan, R Y ; Zonfrillo, Bernie
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First British records of ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ Subalpine Warblers
The recent proposal to reorganise the taxonomy of the Subalpine Warbler complex, and the identification of the first British ‘Subalpine Warbler’ (St Kilda, June 1894) as a Moltoni’s Warbler, led the BOU to review other early records and determine the first British records of both Eastern and Western Subalpine Warblers....Collinson, J M ; McGowan, R Y ; Irestedt, M
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The BOURC review of the 1869 specimen of American Goshawk from Perthshire
The Records Committee of the British Ornithologists' Union (BOURC) reconsiders old records of rare birds as part of its ongoing work. Recently reviews were undertaken of the two British records of the American subspecies of Goshawk Accipiter gentilis atricapillus: one in Perthshire in 1869, and the other on the Isles...McGowan, R Y
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Potential occurrence of the long-tailed Skua subspecies Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens in Scotland
Two Long-tailed Skuas Stercorarius longicaudus reported in Scotland, an adult male collected at Sule Skerry, Orkney in June 1908, and an adult observed at East Burra, Shetland over four summers during 2009-2012, showed features suggesting the east Siberian and Nearctic subspecies S. I. pallescens. If confirmed they would be the...McInerney, C J ; McGowan, R Y
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Brünnich's guillemot, Anstruther, 2016: postscript
McGowan, R Y
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