Incomplete rough manuscript draft of first article; typescript revised version and one page from an earlier typescript draft; letter from The Observer (Jun 1954).

Typescript of second article; letter from The Observer regarding publication; letters to Nicholson from readers concerning the articles.

Typescript draft with manuscript revisions.

Typescripts and typescript drafts of reviews for the three volumes, including two different reviews of Volume 1.

Manuscript draft, so titled, of the beginning of a paper, with pages of manuscript bird lists (found attached to the draft); typescript version headed 'Confidential first draft' and dated Dec 1955. No details regarding the publication of this paper could be found.

This article discusses the editorial issues and processes involved in the publication of Nicholson and Ferguson-Lees' paper in British Birds, Vol.55, No.8, Aug 1962. Typescript draft with manuscript revisions, headed 'Editorial'; typescript revised version; correspondence arising from Nicholson and Ferguson-Lees' paper, Sep 1962-Jan 1963.

Extract from the paper or further incomplete draft; typescript 'further comments', by J.M. Harrison, published in British Birds with proof containing this article and a short reply by Nicholson and I.J. Ferguson-Lees. Included are a few undated miscellaneous papers found with the material.

Included are the following: manuscript notes in Nicholson's hand; typescript 'comments by N.F. Ticehurst on Hastings Rarities Observations by EMN'; copy of letter from R. Meinertzhagen to I.M. Ferguson-Lees, 1955.

Correspondence and papers regarding later reviews and recollections of the Hastings Rarities debate. In ?1995 Nicholson and I.J. Ferguson-Lees considered writing an updated British Birds article which was intended to summarise the Hastings Rarities story and put it into the perspective of ornithological history. It appears that they eventually decided to publish a letter rather than an article, though the publication details are unknown. The principal…

Various manuscript and typescript notes and synopses for the proposed article/letter for British Birds; manuscript early draft of the letter, with manuscript accompanying note; correspondence regarding the draft and possible publication, 1996-1998. The notes etc and draft are all by Nicholson.

Typescript draft, with manuscript revisions, dated Feb 1957. The article, which is divided into several titled sections, has the appearance of a contribution to an encyclopaedia or similar publication.