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01 May 1943 Comments Notes 1942 I had excellent opportunities of observing the birds which frequent the southern shores of Ayr Bay, between the mouth of the river Doon and the Heads of Ayr. As a result I have been able to add three new birds to the Ayrshire list, and I include one...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 May 1943 Comments Main paper Longridge (Lancs), 21.3.42. Hartshorne (Derby) 25.4.42. OkL Buckenham (Norfolk), 5-M*Meare (Som), 25.1.42. Oskarstrom (Hailand), Sweden, 28.3.42. Ely (Cambs), 13.11.42. St. Biazey (Comwall), i r . 1.42. Farnborough (Hants), 23.3.42. Nethera von (Wilts) Ro...

The Aerodynamics of the Drumming of the Common Snipe

01 May 1943 Comments Main paper has been written concerning the drumming of the Common Snipe (Capella g, gaUittago), and the fact that it is caused by the Vibration of the outer pair of tail-feathers, accompanied by the quivering of the wings, has long been well known; the aerodynamics ...

Some notes on the Long-eared Owl

01 June 1941 Comments Main paper (Plate i.) does not appear to be a great deal of literature concerning the nocturnal habits of the Long-eared Owl (Asio o. otus), and, to a large extent, this can be understood as observations during the hours of darkness are difficult, and sometimes impo...

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01 June 1941 Comments Notes IT appears from the Handbook of British Birds that no display other than the song-flight has been recorded for the Greenfinch (Chloris ch. Moris). On May 2nd, 1941, my attention was drawn to a shrubbery in Staffordshire frequented by Greenfinches by a no...

Obituary: George Henry Caton Haigh (1860-1941), Maud Doria Haviland (Mrs. H. H. Brindley) (1891-1941).

01 June 1941 Comments Obituaries who died on February n t h , 1941, at the age of eighty, will be best remembered by ornithologists for the persistent and diligent watch he kept for rare migrants at North Cotes in Lincolnshire. His success in this quest was due to his very thorough and ...

Report of the bird-ringing committee: Progress for 1940

01 June 1941 Comments Main paper THIS is the fourth annual report to be issued on behalf of the Bird-Ringing Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology.* It covers 1940, the third complete year of working under present arrangements. The series in this form continues the sequence of a...

LETTERS

01 April 1911 Comments ...

SEQUENCE OF PLUMAGES IN BRITISH BIRDS VI.—THE BRITISH LONG-TAILED, GREAT, COAL, MARSH AND BLUE TITMICE

01 April 1911 Comments ...

RECENT RECORDS FROM STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE AND WORCESTER

01 April 1911 Comments ...

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Notes

Recovery of Marked Birds

The Aerodynamics of the Drumming of the Common Snipe

Some notes on the Long-eared Owl

Notes

Obituary: George Henry Caton Haigh (1860-1941), Maud Doria Haviland (Mrs. H. H. Brindley) (1891-1941).

Report of the bird-ringing committee: Progress for 1940

LETTERS

SEQUENCE OF PLUMAGES IN BRITISH BIRDS VI.—THE BRITISH LONG-TAILED, GREAT, COAL, MARSH AND BLUE TITMICE

RECENT RECORDS FROM STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE AND WORCESTER

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