Notes

01 July 1953
Comments Notes Birds with abnormal bills.--With reference to previous notes on this subject (antea, vol. xliv, pp. 60, 349-50; vol. xlv, p. 402), we have received several more records of bill deformities and the following are worth quoting :OYSTERCATCHER (Hcetnatopus os...
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Notes

01 March 1939
Comments Notes THE particulars given in the following table though drawn from observations in one small area may be of some value if taken in conjunction with similar observations in other districts. All the nests detailed were observed in 1938 and, except for those of...
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Notes

01 October 1934
Comments Notes As records of the Snow-Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) from inland districts in the south are comparatively few, the following would appear to be of interest despite the fact t h a t one of the occurrences has remained unrecorded for over sixty years. Th...
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Letters

01 November 1931
Comments Letters SIRS,---It so happened that, after reading the letter on this subject (antea.-p, 140), I had to consult The Gentleman's Magazine (Vol. XIX.), 1749. I t was curious therefore to come across the following (p. 204) : " The Egg of a Swan with another in it. G...
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