Notes

01 December 1944
Comments Notes I HAVE previously (antea, Vol. xxxiii, p. 265) given examples from the Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and the Blackcock (Lyrurus tetrix) of a male attempting to disturb the coition of another pair. Similar behaviour is characteristic of geese and swans, as n...
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Notes

01 June 1944
Comments Notes APPROXIMATELY two weeks after the second brood of Black Redstarts (Pheenicurus ochrurus gibraltariensis), which bred at the Temple, had fledged, Mr. R. L. E. Ford, F.R.E.S. and myself obtained the nest for examination purposes. The following food remains...
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