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01 February 1943 Comments Letters SIRS,--As the Statement in The Handbook of British Birds (Vol. III, p. 109) that the Osprey (Pandion h. hali/ztus) last bred at Loch Arkaig in 1902 is incorrect this should be corrected. A pair nested regularly ever since I can remember up to 1908 and the...

Notes

01 February 1943 Comments Notes IN February, 1942, seventy-five nesting boxes were put up inone of the oak woods of the Forest of Dean, with the object of encouraging the breeding of insectivorous birds (tits, in particular) and thus alleviating, if possible, the recurrent outbreaks of...

How a Cuckoo Laid into a Reed-Warbler's Nest

01 February 1943 Comments Main paper FOR long I wondered how the Cuckoo (Cuculus c. canorus) placed her feet when she was " sitting on a nest " and laying her egg, so I determined to try filming one when she was victimising Reed-Warbiers (Acrocephalus s, scirpaceus) close to New Romney, Kent...

The Age of the Blackbird

01 February 1943 Comments Main paper THE potential age, the age to which birds can live, has been the subject of several papers, the earlier ones based on records in captivity, e.g. Gurney (1899), Mitchell (1911), Flower (1925), and the later ones on ringing returns, e.g. Witherby (1926), Ni...

The Black-tailed Godwit in the British Isles, 1890-1937

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper IT has been known for some years that the Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) was occurring in the British Isles more often and in larger parties than formerly. At the suggestion of Dr. N. F. Ticehurst, and with his constant help, an attempt has been made...

Observation on Sand-Martins at the Nest

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper in the Sand-Martin (Riparia r. riparia) is said to be " by both sexes but positive data scanty" (F. C. R. Jourdain, 1938)* ; males had been found on eggs by Stoner {1936), but the nature of their participation in the brooding was not ascertained. We had a...

The Destruction of Buds of Trees and Shrubs by Birds

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper (Plate 2.) THE destruction of the buds of trees and shrubs by birds during late autumn, winter and spring, is a perennial source of complaint by fruit-powers and gardeners, but it has never received the attention from the ornithological point of view tha...

Letters

01 September 1939 Comments Letters SIRS,--In "Some Notes on t h e Diurnal Song of Birds " (antea, p . 4) Mr. Marples states t h a t on t h e average t h e Blackbird, a t Inverness, begins t o sing in the morning 74 minutes earlier than Blackbirds do i n Hampshire, t h a t is, after correct...

Notes

01 September 1939 Comments Notes PROOF of the sex of the bird choosing the nesting-site is generally so difficult to obtain that it seems worth while to record some evidence in the case of a House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) in my garden in the spring of 1939. Early in March I notice...

Breeding of the Gannet on the Scar Rocks Wigtownshire

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper ON July 5th, 1939, Lord David Stuart and I visited the Scar Rocks in Luce Bay, Wigtownshire. As we came near the island we saw three or four Gannets (Sula bassand) apparently resting on one of the higher points. We naturally spoke of the possibility of th...

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Letter

Notes

How a Cuckoo Laid into a Reed-Warbler's Nest

The Age of the Blackbird

The Black-tailed Godwit in the British Isles, 1890-1937

Observation on Sand-Martins at the Nest

The Destruction of Buds of Trees and Shrubs by Birds

Letters

Notes

Breeding of the Gannet on the Scar Rocks Wigtownshire

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