Letters

01 June 1963 Comments Letters SIRS,--Having paid some attention to t h e manner in which t h e face of t h e Rook becomes bare, I m a y state t h a t in t h e main m y observations a n d specimens confirm Mr. Witherby's conclusions. But, with regard to this species n o t breeding in t...
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Notes

01 June 1963 Comments Notes IN August I received a letter from Mr. A. C. Theron dated from " Riet Vallei, District Lindley, O.F.S." stating that a Swallow had been captured bearing a ring with my name and address. As Mr. Theron gave neither the number of the ring nor the date of cap...
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Recovery of Marked Birds.

01 June 1963 Comments Main paper T H E annual article reporting progress for 1913 will appear, it is hoped, in the n e x t number. The following have kindly sent in subscriptions towards the expenses of the Marking Scheme since t h e last acknowledgment was made :-- Miss C. M. Acland, Mr...
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Letters

01 April 1945 Comments Letters SIRS,'--With reference t o Mr. Howard Bentham's record of a pair of SongThrushes (Turdus e. ericetorum) rearing two broods in t h e same nest (antea, p. 157), it may be of interest t o report t h a t , in 1944, in my garden in Mawganin-Pydar, I obtained m...
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Reviews

01 April 1945 Comments Reviews Report on the Birds of Nottinghamshire, 1943. Compiled for the Nottingham Natural Science Field Club and the Trent Valley Bird Watchers by J. Staton. W E are very glad t o welcome an independent report on Nottinghamshire which bears testimony to t h e go...
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Notes

01 April 1945 Comments Notes SINCE I find no reference to the courtship-feeding of the female Linnet (Carduelis c. cannabina) by the male in the Handbook of British Birds, perhaps the following m a y be of interest. On April 24th, 1944, a number of Linnets were feeding on weed seeds...
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Feeding of Blue Tit Nestlings

01 April 1945 Comments Main paper T H E occupation last year (1944) of a special nesting box by a pair of Blue Tits {Varus ccsruleus obscurus) enabled me to observe at very close quarters the feeding of the nestlings. This I was anxious to do in order to find, if possible, what method or ...
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