Contents:

• Editorial, by Dieter Oschadleus & Cynthia Best
  

Articles

• Possible brood parasite of the Brown Firefinch from Jedibe, Botswana. Rael Loon. pp. 3-6.
• Terns on the Namibian coast in early 1998. A J Tree. pp. 7-12

Techniques

• Getting the balance right - when last did you calibrate your scales? Norbert Klages. pp. 13-14.
• Ageing techniques and age structure of a mid-winter roost of Antarctic Tern. A J Tree & N T W Klages. pp. 15-16
• In pursuit of my licence. Sandra Dantu. p. 17
• Some notes on walk-in traps. Wlodzimierz Meissner. pp. 18-20

Reports & Short Notes

• Report on the 1997-98 ringing year. Dieter Oschadleus. pp. 21-25
• Report on selected recoveries received at SAFRING: July 1997 - June1998. H D Oschadleus. pp. 26-31
• Survival and movement of a Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird released after a year-long laboratory experiment. C N Lotz & L G Underhill. p. 32
• Seasonal migration and site fidelity in Cape Buntings Emberiza capensis. Jo Johnson. p. 33
• Less than one in a million: nocturnal bal-chatri statistics, or ... Murphy in Eendekuil. Marc & Diane Herremans. p. 34
• I.O.C. Round Table on the quelea. Clive Elliott. p. 35
• The ethics of raptor ringing. Abrie Maritz. pp. 37-40
• The EURING Swallow Project. Fernando Spina. p. 41
• Reportback on the Bonamanzi Anniversary Ringing Workshop, 3-5 July 1998. Trevor Snyman. p. 42
• Little piece of ringing history. P A Whittington. p. 43
• A hands-on approach to the identification of common weavers of the east coast of South Africa: a ringer's perspective. Sean Clinning. p. 44
• I.O.C. Round table on ringing. Dieter Oschadleus. p. 45

Foreign News compiled by Cynthia Best

• First recovery of the nominate race Peregrine Falcon Falco p. peregrinus. Roland Staav. p. 47
• ICONA - Spanish Ringing Office. Dr F J Cantos. p. 48
• Migration, wintering and behaviour of Common Swifts in Congo and southern Africa. P Herroelen. p. 49
• Fate of A. Bird. Australian Bird & Bat Banding Scheme. p. 50

Published by the South African Bird Ringing Unit