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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...

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...

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...

The Red-Throated Diver in its Breeding-Haunts.

01 June 1963 Comments Main paper And if the birds are silent, there is the hum of insectlife, and the thousand and one indefinable sounds which make summer. But the locality chosen by the Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) for the up-bringing of its young, is remote from man, and pervad...

Notes

01 June 1938 Comments Notes As I have not been able to find any record of the HouseSparrow (Passer A. domesticus) excavating a nesting hole in rotten wood, such an occurrence seems to be worth recording. Both the cock and the hen excavated, both birds sometimes being in the confine...

Notes on the Land-Rail

01 June 1938 Comments Main paper IN Cumberland the Land-Rail (Crex crex) nests commonly in the clover-hay and meadow-hay fields ; sometimes in young plantations where the trees have not yet smothered the grass, and occasionally in the waste land of small bushes and rough grass about coun...

Some observations on the breeding-habits of birds

01 June 1938 Comments Main paper THE following data regarding some of our commoner birds were obtained in mid-Gloucestershire during the years 1930-33. The district consisted of fields divided by hedges and stone walls, and was mainly a grazing one, but there was some arable land and inc...

The spring migration of the Swallow over Europe

01 June 1938 Comments Main paper (Plate I.) THE accompanying map, showing the isochronal lines for the northward movement of the Swallow (Himndo r. rustica) oyer Europe in spring, is the first of a small series of species studies, which it is proposed to make on roughly the same lines. T...

Additions and Alterations to the British list

01 June 1938 Comments Main paper THE following changes appearing in Volume I. of the Handbook of British Birds have not previously been notified in these pages and as the reasons are fully explained in the Handbook it is not necessary to repeat them here.CORVUS for the Jackdaws instead o...

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Letters

Notes

Recovery of Marked Birds.

The Red-Throated Diver in its Breeding-Haunts.

Notes

Notes on the Land-Rail

Some observations on the breeding-habits of birds

The spring migration of the Swallow over Europe

Additions and Alterations to the British list

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