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01 April 1936 Comments Letters SIRS,--In view of Mr. Lack's note on t h e repeated re-trapping of Robins (antea, p . 288), I m a y mention t h a t in t h e winter of 1929-30, when a t Cambridge, I had a Sparrow t r a p in t h e garden " baited " with seed. Greenfinches (Chloris ch. Mor...

Notes from Reservoirs and Sewage Farms

01 April 1936 Comments Main paper THOUGH abundant, waders have not perhaps been seen in quite the numbers of 1934. The exceptional number of Ruffs that marked the autumn migration of that year was followed by more normal numbers in 1935. A Black-necked Grebe was seen on the farm for the ...

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01 February 1936 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I have studied with considerable interest, in the December issue, Mr. H. G. Alexander's article and chart on the song-periods ·of birds, and all the more so as t h e songs and notes of birds have been an engrossing study with me (in Cheshire...

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01 February 1936 Comments Notes ON January 17th, 1936, the Prime Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and others launched a Viscount Grey Memorial Appeal, one of whose objects is to develop " the existing scheme of research main...

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