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This is an internationally respected journal notable for its very high standard of scientific ornithology. It contains at least 256 pages annually, published in four quarterly issues with an Index. The Present (2004) Editor is Guy Kirwan. It caters for papers ranging from short notes to full papers by authors from many countries on systematics and taxonomy, and all the most important topics in the field of ornithology. It contains addenda and corrigenda to standard works. The Bulletin is almost certainly the journal in which most new forms are described and named.

"...there is a real need for a journal publishing short papers on questions of taxonomy at the subspecies and species level, on significant range extensions, on aspects of the history of taxonomy, and similar subjects. The Bulletin is filling this important niche quite admirably ......” Ernst Mayr, 1992

The Bulletin is now the only journal with an extensive circulation fulfilling these aims. Authorship is international, and geographical coverage is world-wide, with emphasis on parts of the world whose avifaunas are incompletely known - in recent years particularly the New World tropics, parts of Africa and New Guinea.

Papers are published, as far as possible, in the order of their submission, and every effort is made to keep the interval between receipt and publication to not more than 12 months.

The Bulletin has always been an essential reference for ornithologists, particularly avian taxonomists, and others concerned with the subjects it covers. Past issues are of great importance for research. Copies of all back issues to 1901-1902 and most earlier issues are available on application; there are reduced rates for long runs of 10 years or more.

Members of the British Ornithologists’ Club (BOC) receive the Bulletin by Surface Saver Postal Services to all European destinations outside the U.K. and by Air Saver Postal Services to destinations outside Europe at no extra charge.

Back numbers of the BOC Bulletin from 1892 are also available, generally as originals, although some very early volumes are reproductions. Details on request to Publications Officer - discounts are available for long runs, postage free for large orders. Single issues and back numbers of the Bulletin, and also books in the BOC Occasional Publications series may similarly be obtained on request to: c/o Steve Dudley, British Ornithologists' Club, PO Box 417, Peterborough PE7 3FX, UK or Email: bocadmin @ bou.org.uk (remove spaces)

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