Publications 
The publications thus far of the Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey 
have been largely short, preliminary presentations of information or 
progress reports intended to elicit further data. This is particularly 
true of the accounts of banding in The Ring (Hubbard 1967a, 1967b; 
Hubbard and Horner 1969, and Watson 1970). The other Palearctic 
banding programs are well aware of our activities and have offered 
assistance and information. 
New bird records from Egypt (Hubbard and Seymour 1968) and Cyprus 
(Hubbard 1969) have already been published. Although the virological 
results of the Hubbards’ trip to Uganda in spring 1968 were 
disappointing (Hubbard and Henderson 1969), they published a note on 
flycatcher feeding behavior (Hubbard and Hubbard 1970). An unpublished 
report on bird liming in Cyprus by Dr. Hubbard has influenced 
conservation in that country. 
A paper summarizing PMS results that was read in Novosibirsk, USSR 
in 1969, where it was well received, constitutes the most significant 
contribution of the PMS so far. The paper, by Watson, Shope and 
Kaiser, is now in press. A short report was circulated by the 
Smithsonian Center for Short-lived Phenomena about a high rate of virus 
infection in Sylvia oommunis in spring 1969 (Watson 1969). 
PMS virus data has already been incorporated into two theses 
(Mercer 1969 and Ryan 1970) and bird migration data will be used by Mr. 
Horner in a PhD program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. 
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