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01 March 1963 Comments Letters SIES,--Mr. Glegg's note in your current number (Vol. VII., p. 56) concerning the nest of this species which he found beside one of the reservoirs a t Walthamstow on J u n e 11th, hardly does full justice to the extraordinary wealth of bird-life to be seen...

Notes

01 March 1963 Comments Notes IT is gratifying to see Mr. C. S. Meares's note on th Crossbill (Loxia c. curvirostra) breeding in Shropshire an Norfolk (British Birds, Vol. VI., p. 371), and to find that i has also bred in Surrey (Countryside, Vol. V., p. 387). Ther can be no doubt as...

The Sequence of Plumages of the Common Eider

01 March 1963 Comments Main paper accounts have appeared in the works of naturalists on the subject of the plumage of the male and female Eider (Somateria m. mollissima) and the age at which the sexes arrive at maturity. In nearly all of these there is much guesswork owing to the small se...

Obituary: The Late Philip Lutley Sclater

01 March 1963 Comments Obituaries W E greatly regret to announce the death, on June 27th, 1913, as the result of a carriage accident, of Philip Lutley Sclater, D.Sc, F.R.S., at the age of eightythree years. The loss of so eminent an ornithologist will be deeply felt by all bird-lovers, an...

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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Letters

Notes

The Sequence of Plumages of the Common Eider

Obituary: The Late Philip Lutley Sclater

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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