Variations in Chaffinch Song

01 August 1943
Comments Main paper WORKING at first with four birds (A, B, C and D) I made the following observations on the songs of Chaffinches (FringiUa c. gengleri) in a coastal area of south Devon during the spring of 1942. B and C held adjacent territories and their songs were inter...
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Review

01 August 1943
Comments Reviews A Study of the Little Owl (Athene noctua) in New Zealand. By B. J. Marples. Trans. R. Soc. of New Zealand, Vol. 72, Part 3, pages 237-252, December, 1942 . M R . MARPLES undertook, in 1938, to make a thorough investigation of t h e Little Owl from every p...
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Notes

01 August 1943
Comments Notes As already briefly noted (antea Vol. xxxvi, p. 225) Crossbills (Loxia c. curvirostra) were reported in various districts in unusual numbers in the late summer and autumn of 1942. In response to our request, observers have sent information, details of whi...
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Reviews

01 March 1938
Comments Reviews Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and S. Staffordshire, 1936. Prepared under the direction of the Birmingham Bird Club. is. 6d. (H. G. Alexander, 144, Oak Tree Lane, Birmingham, 29.) T H I S , t h e third annual, Report is an advance on...
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Notes

01 March 1938
Comments Notes I HAVE paid particular attention to the singing of Crossbills (Loxia c. curvirostra) for some years, on and off, and I find that the song can be divided into four main varieties. In attempting to describe these songs below, I use the two sound descriptio...
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Recovery of marked birds

01 March 1938
Comments Main paper Longtown (Cumb), 1.3.33, b y Stamford Bridge W. Bell. 27.12.37.25.11.36. 5.1.37. 26.12.36. 30.11.36. 13.12.36. 26.10.35. 27.11.36. 30.12.36. 9.11.36. 14.12.35. 14.12.36. 28.12.35. 28.11.36. 19.11.37. 18.11.35. 19.11.36. 10.12.36. 27.12.35. 13.12.35. 24.9...
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