Notes

01 August 1940
Comments Notes ON June 4th, 1940, on a common in Cheshire I found a nest of a Tree-Pipit (Anthus t. trivialis) with recently hatched young. The parent bird sat very close after going down with food, whilst I was searching for the nest; when it left the nest it fluttere...
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Notes

01 July 1940
Comments Notes AT a rookery in Surrey, on March 30th, 1940, at 12.5 p.m., Rooks (Corvus f. frugilegus) were seen to change over at the nest. One bird--obviously a male--flew in and standing on the nest edge fed his plainly visible mate. During the meal wing-action by t...
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Notes

01 March 1932
Comments Notes SOME time ago there was discussion in British Birds on the habit of the male Hedge-Sparrow pecking at the cloaca of the female during courtship display. I have not seen reference to this habit with the House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) and the followi...
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