Reviews

01 March 1968
Comments Reviews The Natural History of Europe. By Harry Garms. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Edited by A. Melderis (plants) and Joyce Pope (animals). Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967. i x + 3 5 8 pages with 900 illustrations. 35s. This bulky book--11 by 7J inches in size, i f...
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Notes

01 December 1963
Comments Notes my last note on the recovery of Starlings marked at Bradfield, Berkshire (Brit. Birds, VI., p. 13), twenty-five captures have to be recorded. Only two of these occurred abroad, or indeed more than five miles from the place where they were ringed, viz. :-...
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Notes

01 November 1963
Comments Notes IT has long been known that, in the Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) the mandibles cross indifferently on either side in different individuals. Recently, however, for a special purpose, I desired to ascertain whether or not individuals having the man...
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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...
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Notes

01 May 1963
Comments Notes FOE some years now I have been paying particular attention to the nestlings of common birds. It is of course now known to all ornithologists that the parents keep the nest clean (as a general rule) by carrying away the excrement, and often by swallowing ...
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Notes

01 April 1963
Comments Notes W E have received a good many schedules relating to these two inquiries (see Vol. VI., pp. 296-311, and Vol. VII, pp. 4-6), but we sincerely hope that many more of our readers will send in particulars. This should now be done without delay, and if the fo...
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Notes

01 February 1963
Comments Notes T H E following two records of marked Starlings have so far not been published except in t h e German reports :-- Vog. Rossitten No. 108 : marked in the nest on J u n e 10th, 1909, a t Lisden, near Wolmar, Livonia, Russia. Obtained about March 20th, 1911...
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Notes

01 April 1962
Comments Notes Little Grebes attacking Moorhens.--With regard to the recent note by J. B. and S, Bottomley on Little Grebes {Podiceps ruficollis) attacking Coots (Fulica atra) and domestic ducks {Anas sp.) {Brit. Birds, 54: 427), it seems worth reporting that I saw seve...
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Recent reports and news

01 January 1962
Comments News and comment [These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] Our last summary reviewed the occurrences of unusual Passerines and of all American species from early August to November, against a background of the more striking movements of common land ...
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Recent reports and news

01 August 1961
Comments News and comment [These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] This summary is mainly concerned with the eight weeks from mid-June to early August and follows on after the one in our July issue (pages 293-296). It covers the rarer species and some first...
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