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01 May 1948 Comments Notes ON December 18th, 1946, I saw a Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocaiactes subsp.?) about two miles west of Turners Hill, Sussex. It flew across the road and settled in a tree about 35 yards away in full view. I was able to watch the bird for about three minute...
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01 February 1947 Comments Notes ON April ioth, 1946, at Englefield Green, Surrey, I watched a Starling (Sturnus v. vulgaris) singing on the ground, everywhere following another which, completely ignoring him, was busily engaged in feeding. Each time the feeding bird stopped, the singer...
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01 September 1946 Comments Notes THE habit of sun-bathing by passerine birds.is discussed in a note by T. S. Williams (antea, p. 152). As indicated in the Editorial comment thereto this is probably commoner than at first sight appears to be the case. To the list of species given I can a...
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01 April 1946 Comments Notes IN the autumn of 1945 I have noticed Jackdaws (Corvus monedula spermologus) frequenting two holes in different beeches close together, at Westerham, Kent, but have been unable to prove definitely that they were breeding. A Jackdaw was seen to leave one h...
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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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01 December 1944 Comments Notes I HAVE previously (antea, Vol. xxxiii, p. 265) given examples from the Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and the Blackcock (Lyrurus tetrix) of a male attempting to disturb the coition of another pair. Similar behaviour is characteristic of geese and swans, as n...
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01 July 1943 Comments Notes NOTES FROM CUMBERLAND (Bombycilia garrulus).--Single bird near Cumdivock on December 27th, 1939. HEDGE-SPARROW (Prunella m. occidentalis).--During three weeks of frost in January 1941 as many as ten birds were noticed feeding quietly together amongst the...
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01 December 1942 Comments Notes a short visit to Lundy in September, 1942, we identified a Lapland Bunting {Cakarius lapponicus) on the high barren area at the north end of the island on September ioth. The species has not previously been met with on Lundy, nor in the county of Devon. ...
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01 October 1937 Comments Notes THE following reports of occurrences of the Rose-coloured Starling (Pastor roseus) have reached ixs (all the dates are in 1937), and we shall be glad to hear of any other birds having been seen. YORKSHIRE.--Mr. Ralph Chislett records (Nat., 1937, p. 223)...
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01 October 1936 Comments Notes reference to the note on Jays (Garrulus glandarius) seen by Lt.-Col. R. N. Thompson coming in from the sea at Fairlight Cove, Sussex, on May 22nd, 1936 (quoted antea p. 80) I saw a flock of nine Jays at the same place on the morning of May 17th, 1936. Th...
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