Tipper, R, Porter, R, Griffith, W, Conder, P. J, Gregory, L, Woods, H. E, Southern, J, Adams, R. G, May, D. J, Watson, J. S, Campbell, B, Tebbutt, C. F, Rivire, B. B, Ellis, J. C. S, Ryves, B. H, Watson, J. B, Morris, R, Porter, R, Conder, P. J, Southern, J, Adams, R. G, May, D. J, Campbell, B, Tebbutt, C. F, Ryves, B. H & Ellis, J. C. S / December 1946 – vol. 39, issue 12–⁠379

ON April 26th, 1946, I found near Portchester, Hants., the nest of a Magpie (Pica p. pica) containing eleven eggs, all very round in shape and smaller than usual. Only one hen was observed at the nest, which is in a hawthorn and has been used for years ; it is now a huge structure. H. E. WOODS. "ANTING" OF STARLING. WITH reference to the notes on this subject (antea, pp. 84, 212); on July 23rd, 194...

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